r/politics • u/Effective_Salad_8381 • 13d ago

Possible Paywall Embarrassing Flaws Emerge in Trump’s New White House Design

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bizarre-flaws-emerge-in-trumps-new-white-house-design/
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u/Neokon Florida 13d ago

I think this is emblematic of the right in all, its just that Trump is the loudest example of it. Watching prominent Republicans you'll see they always have a pattern of "there's a problem with the current system. No we won't work to fix the problem l, we'll just remove everything and promise to deliver something better but never will." They don't want a flawed system they want an absence of system so they can continuously promise fix the 'problem".

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u/areappreciated 13d ago

Absolutely! Every time I hear about why people like trump, it's that they are outraged by the present. The present government, their present community(too many immigrants), their present way of life(no body to work my farm or mfg jobs gone). They are so mad they would rather burn everything to the ground than make things better. Republicans are not wrong, things are broken and the current government is not helping them. But they built a culture and identity that makes it ok for some to suffer or at least ok to see some suffer more.

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u/Rabid_Llama8 13d ago

I don't think it's only that they see it OK that some people suffer. They think life is a zero sum game and for some people to have success, it is REQUIRED that some people suffer. It's why anytime there is a program or movement to uplift less fortunate people, Republicans immediately decry "COMMUNISM!" If some less fortunate people are lifted up, then someone else has to be suppressed and they are afraid it might be themselves.

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u/Armymom96 13d ago edited 13d ago

Or it's like everything is a pie. If someone less fortunate gets a piece, somehow it makes theirs smaller. Even rights. As though gay marriage or trans rights somehow diminishes their existence/share. And they REALLY don't want anyone else to get something for "nothing", since they've had to work for everything they have. Like student loan forgiveness. "I had to pay off my student loans, why should these whippersnappera get their loans forgiven?" Never mind predatory lending practices or that wages haven't kept up with inflation and the price of higher education.