The People's Forum: Trump is a symptom of a collapsing system

unrestrained capitalism is destroying the planet and people's living standards, most people want this to change but don't agree on the best way to bring this about. Trump is popular because he breaks the mould of the traditional establishment politican. He's certainly changing the way (right-wing) politics is done but not in a good way. Truth is dead. It's been replaced by Truth Social.

If he gets in, the genuine benefit to his adoring fans will be little or nothing, other than a sense of triumph that they've "owned the libs".

I despise the man for his selfishness, immaturity, bigotry, ignorance, constant lying and grifting. That's before you get onto his long record of criminal behaviour and throwing people under the bus. He's a truly repulsive individual. To me, it's obvious that he is completely unsuitable for office. But he's clearly deteriorating mentally to some tune and pushing 80. If he does get in, I agree - it's those around and behind him that are going to be the real danger.

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so when you hear it, it can mean pretty much whatever you want it to mean. for some people, it's basically dog whistles for the behaviour they want to display openly but can't. for others, it's 'sticking it to the man'.

trump himself is mostly irrelevant. it's a bit like the brexit vote in the uk - people were sick to death of austerity and tories, and were given a stick to beat someone/something else (i.e. the eu). it didn't really matter what was being voted on. he's basically a blank slate to project onto at this point, and people are happy to do just that.

in trump's case, the ones to worry about are the smart ones driving the campaign behind him who have particular targets that are anathema to anyone remotely left-leaning. and people are being told that they mean to target those *other* people, not them. throw in that kamala is both black and female and you've gained the misogynstic and/or racist vote, too.

anyone sane and rational would vote for the candidate who isn't a convicted felon and who hasn't already tried to overthrow the country once before. the fact that it's close is pretty scary from this side of the pond, tbh, but then we did brexit and voted tory for far too long ourselves. sadly, politics is too much about personal identity politics, and less about what's actually beneficial for the population. we're all turkeys voting for christmas at the end of the day.