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Ginger's avatar

Greed, Lust, Envy. The republican base still thinks that somehow, some way they will get the jet that Trump flies around in, the mansion, etc., as long as they play the game. The carrot on the stick is forever dangling in their face. Remember, the republican party (I refuse to capitalize) is one big, corrupt, good 'ol boy network. Frankly, I think the democrats are as well but they just hide it better. As for racism, I lived in Marietta, GA for a few years; many white people raised in the South are afraid of black and brown people - goes back 100's of years. It's in their DNA. The 2nd Amendment business about forming militias and the right to bear arms was added so local folks could suppress slave uprisings! Sure, some overcome the fear, work through it and become lovely people but.... There's still that corrosive, evil thread. fear.

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I agree with all you say here, Thom....and I would go one step further to bring in America's predominant religion -- capitalism. Americans (especially white Americans!) are so ingrained with this notion that unbridled (freedom!) capitalism is the unquestioned, holy foundation of our society--and each person's sense of identity--that they are not repulsed by the excesses of wealth...but actually admire and desire such wealth for themselves...as a sort of salvation. Thus they are blind--just like the "Christian Nationalists"--to the reality of their own hypocrisy & folly of denying themselves in order to support the "morbidly rich." I like the way Ginger put it in her comment: "Greed, Lust, Envy"...with the reminder of Saint Ronnie's slogan "Greed is Good !"....eh? Combine this religious, political, capitalistic fervor with the Republican followers' desire for a rich, "Big Daddy" to take care of them, and you've got a bunch of hard-core true-believers who will swallow the spin, deceits, lies, and other garbage the Repug elite put out to coldly manipulate them in order to gain or stay in power. Case in point: Donald J. Trump. I'm waiting for the real truth be told about him: He is.....and always has been...a penniless loser--who created his "fabulous life style" by floating on a mountain of debt as he wasted his Daddy's inheritance. He apparently once spoke the truth to his children as they were leaving Trump Tower when he pointed to a homeless person sitting against the building and said, "That guy is richer than I am." Are they in Crazyville..........or what?? 🙃

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