Yeah they found their leader and treated him like a rockstar... Our issues don't go away when he does. Its a start in the right direction though... maybe.
They aren't simply racist though. This isn't all about race. Its about democracy and power and conspiracy theories and alternate facts and tyranny etc etc.
The bottom line is that poor people are suffering and the middle class is shrinking. If this continues to happen you will continue to see people devolve into these easily manipulated mindsets where they are susceptible to things like Qanon. The pandemic has only expanded the wealth gap and made people more aware of it.
I disagree that the senate race broke them. They were headed to washington to protest regardless of what happened in georgia. Trump losing is what broke them.
I think it's largely about race. It's, in my view, the primary tenet of "Trumpism".
Yeah, it'd be wild to have a political discussion with someone who is actually for changing things and not just returning to the status quo that made these things happen.
I agree that racism is a large part of Trumpism, and perhaps the biggest reason that he has been able to convert so many to the cult. That seems to be true for the members of my family that are his supporters. Yet there are so many other issues that appealed to others as well. For some reason, people seem to want a more authoritative government, a dictator if you will, someone who they believe will fix everything for them. Some people hate Congress and think that it would be better if all decisions were made by one man who believes what they believe. For some reason, they think that would be freedom. Thankfully, they are not a majority, but it is still worrying.
I agree with much of what you say, but I don't think that it's Warnock's victory that "broke them." I think this was likely to happen regardless of yesterday's vote. Their plans were made well before the vote took place. I don't think it would have just been a peaceful rally except for the Georgia outcome.
The Eurocentric majority is getting too narrow to guarantee political victory now. Which is why the distinction between Trumpism and general nationalism is important.
I wouldn’t go this far. This party is still very much alive. They’re a dozen seats away from controlling the house. One seat away from controlling the senate. a handful of swing states away from controlling the White House. and they still control the majority of state legislatures and Governor mansions. They’re still far better funded and organized than Democrats. The richest in America fund Republicans. They have countless think tanks like Heritage, CATO, Turning Point, and ALEC. They have the Federalist society that promotes ideologues to fill the court system. They have an unholy alliance with most Christian religions in America. That means that despite shrinking white evangelicals they’re gaining ground with Catholic Hispanics. Finally, they have the most comprehensive propaganda network in the history of mankind. From professional looking Fox News, to omnipresent am radio, to the best organizer for disinformation and protest, Facebook.
Republicans are competing well with Hispanic catholic voters. So even though they’re seeing diminished return on white evangelicals, they’re seeing increased in Hispanic Catholics who identify as “white.” if it weren’t for African Americans, Democrats would be in trouble.
It has been proven many times now that the driving force behind Trumpism isn’t “economic anxiety”, but racism. Sorry, but those with hordes of guns and body armor buying tickets to DC in January to LARP Rambo aren’t hurting for cash.
Currently, I think you are correct. But the Latino desire for (and performance of) “whiteness” may not age as well as conservatives hope it does.
