01-29-2021, 01:50 PM
(01-28-2021, 03:47 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: And now the Democrats are busy running away from OWS while the Republicans are busy pretending they weren't taken over by the Tea Party.
You could make a credible argument that Trump was the backlash to the establishment Republicans marginalizing the Tea Party after their first round of election victories.
For the last four years, the democrats were able to keep their populist elements in the fold by uniting against Trump (divide and conquer is always an effective strategy for the rulers to control the ruled) but it is bound to start fracturing badly if they don't address it. I am not seeing anything to suggest they are - witness the semi-hilarious 'Game Stop Rebellion' and the less hilarious reaction to it. The establishment DNC is working overtime to divide and conquer by portraying this as a bunch of Racist Trumptards who are persecuting the poor, white, male, ivy-league educated, hedge fund managers but I don't think it is playing well. When you have AOC, the Young Turks, and Ted Cruz all on the side of the Redditors and the administration unable to comment on it beyond pointing to diversity, something is breaking.
Sometimes the reaction to a thing is more important than the thing itself. I felt that way about the Capitol Breach and the same about WSB - both are signs that the general sentiment that institutions are failing those not part of the upper classes is still predominant on the left and the right. We live in the heart of antifa country and my husband drives around downtown for work. All the graffiti on the plywood covering store windows is now reading F*** Biden!
I'm beginning to think Trump was the distraction from the true battle to come.