• anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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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      2 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’