• cimbazarov@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 hours ago

    I think the symptoms analogy is pretty apt, especially as I’ve seen people on the left refer to Trump as a symptom. If you view Trump as the core problem as liberals do, then yea you won’t abandon the status quo since it can be solved by simply removing Trump. That’s what in theory the laws are supposed to do. But Trump still exists despite the laws, because he is not the problem, but a symptom of the problem.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPM
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      2 hours ago

      Also, even if Trump was removed then the direction of travel wouldn’t change as we clearly saw under Biden. Nor is Trump himself unique, a different opportunist would immediately come along and pick up exactly where he left off. Understanding that Trump is a result of the underlying problems as opposed to being a unique source of them is what liberals are incapable of doing.