• Poach@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    And yet, they (A majority of voters) also elected some of the richest to be head of government. Trump, Vance (Theil), and Musk; just to name a few. The cognitive dissonance is real.

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      5 hours ago

      Like fuck all of those people, but that’s populism. Crisis breeds crazy populists. Using desperation and fear in a crisis, populists construct bogymen to point a finger at.