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I would add that the original submission also brushes aside the very real problem that the US has what is effectively a widespread cult of fascists whose leader

I would add that the original submission also brushes aside the very real problem that the US has what is effectively a widespread cult of fascists whose leader is the sitting President. We’re talking about a not insignificant number of people who either enjoy the cult or are too {stupid,uneducated,naïve,gullible,sucked in} to see the leopard that is staring at their face and drooling for a bite.

api 1y ago
That cult is real, but I also must point out that Trump is one of the most unpopular presidents after his first 100 days in history. He is not and has never been broadly popular beyond his cult of personality. He's just been pitted against an opposition party that is a moribund gerontocracy utterly unwilling or unable to field likable candidates, and the US electoral system is structurally a two-party oligopoly that makes it impossible for anyone else to disrupt this situation.