“Many voters were willing to overlook blatant corruption, misogyny, and even alleged involvement in sex trafficking rings as long as they were promised a return to a specific hierarchy of dominance. The “high” of feeling superior—of seeing “the boots on the necks” of others—is a powerful anesthetic. It allows people to ignore that their own healthcare is vanishing, their jobs are disappearing, and their rural infrastructure is crumbling”
—Danielle Moodie
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/magas-addiction-to-hate-why-trumps
#trump #maga #usa
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“We are now entering a phase of “voter remorse,” exemplified by those who supported a movement through three election cycles only to realize the “monsters” are now at their own doors. … But there is a significant moral difference between a mistake and a decade-long commitment to cruelty.”
—Danielle Moodie, MAGA's Addiction to Hate
#trump #maga #usa #corruption #misogyny #racism
“The end result of greed and misogyny is always the same: a scorched-earth policy where even the supporters are eventually consumed by the fire they helped light. True progress requires us to stop pretending that we “didn’t see it coming.” The dots have been connected for a decade.”
—Danielle Moodie
#trump #maga #corruption #misogyny #racism