• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    That’s all Trump really did. He latched on to the inherent racism of the tea party and religious right and just started saying the quiet part out loud.

    Gamergate had literally nothing to do with it in any way shape or form.

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      3 days ago

      He rode a popular wave of anti-establishment resentment.

      Unless you think the Joe Rogan fanbase is comprised of religious fanatics, you’ve missed the same cultural undercurrent that the Democrats have missed.

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        3 days ago

        You’re trying to insert cultural undercurrent that doesn’t exist. I know you have some sort of vendetta you’re working through, but try not to let it cloud your judgement.

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          2 days ago

          I dont have any kind of vendetta, it’s an extremely well known analysis of current US affairs

          Im not sure why you’re so intent on dismissing culture as a relevant context to the rise of MAGA. Most political scientists agree that Trump marked a notable shift and a deviation from political norms and assumptions from pre-2012 politics. Even insisting on the ‘religious right’ doesn’t explain Trump’s popular appeal at a point in time when religious participation in the US is at an all-time low. Seems to me like it might be you with a vendetta, since your explanation seems to boil down to ‘religious bigots are dumb’