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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Please, define "moment", if you would? Are there any other editorial changes you would like to suggest?

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The "moment" is the duration of the Trump administration.

Lots of people are keen to blame everything on Trump, imagining that if he would just go away everything would go back to "normal." But Trump is not the cause of this, he is the symptom of this. America has been trending in this direction for many decades now, with increasingly corrupt and authoritarian/isolationist governments that the electorate has been putting into power. It's not going to suddenly reverse if Trump suffers a fatal brain clog tomorrow. There might be a moment of respite but that's not something to depend on as a long-term change for the better, only as breathing room to further prepare for America's continued degradation.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

agreed, if trump keels over the dems will go back to full time whoring for whoever has money and the republicans will go back to racism, home grown terrorism, and fascism-lite until the next fascist leader rises up. Trump is more a symptom than a driver. Even his being evil is based in mediocrity.