I think they intuitively recognise that something is wrong, that they are being fucked, that the whole establishment is bad. They go for outsiders to it as a result of this.

The problem is that they can't tell which outsider is lying to them and which outsider is telling them the truth. They just know that the insiders are all "the swamp".

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Would make sense in 2016, but Trump is the biggest insider there is today

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They don't exactly have options.

It's the same in the UK. Everyone can recognise "None of the options we've tried have been good" so what do they do? They give it to whatever other option is available. That's Reform next.

The attitude I see over here is also partially "fuck it then, break everything, I don't care". Which is a partial manifestation of latent revolutionary energy.

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

What I'm hearing is that several countries all need a Bolshevik Party.

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

No idea how a person can make it through the last decade and not intuitively know trump is bad too