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You were right until your last sentence. Reagan made the nation feel that its civic and moral fabric was strong. Nevermind that his policies undermined civil so
by rm_-rf_slash 10y ago
You were right until your last sentence. Reagan made the nation feel that its civic and moral fabric was strong. Nevermind that his policies undermined civil society and his religious backing was hypocritical of anything close to Christ's teachings on compassion, it made people feel strong and so it won him the election.
- jbooth 10y agoTrump's got the same thing with the specific brand of disempowered people that the article's talking about.
- emblem21 10y agoI have found people are frequently ready to kill one another to protect THEI specific brands of the disempowered of choice, often at the expense of the disempowered brand they despize.
- api 10y agoThe culture war is a great tool for dividing the disempowered and keeping economic issues off the table.
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