• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    6 个月前

    Trump got that name trying to split that hair. And yeah I get the difference between the groups. But the entire point here is the American electorate at large doesn’t.

    • queermunist she/her
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      6 个月前

      And the American electorate never will get the difference if politicians are too cowardly to make a stand.

      But Trump got more votes after trying to split that hair. It worked. It’s not even a bad strategic move.

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        6 个月前

        It’s never been the big politicians who lead movements in the US, unless they came into office because of a movement. Even JFK didn’t do civil rights until the movement was big enough.

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          6 个月前

          Yes, because US politicians are always opposed to change until it is forced upon them.

          Yet in other countries political figures can, in fact, lead political movements. Why is the US different?