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Did... did I just slide to a parallel universe? Do I get to meet Jerry O'Connell? What the hell is going on?!

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Trump took over GOP. It’s not the same party as before.

yeah it is; it's still the same party of billionaires and tax cuts

Tariffs and deporting millions of people are both quite radical changes of the status quo.

lol what? tariffs and protectionism have been the policies of the republican party and conservatism forever

. For example, if he comes out and says he believes we need universal healthcare because of the corrupt elites and whatnot

And I have a bridge to sell you

[-] kava@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

lol what? tariffs and protectionism have been the policies of the republican party and conservatism forever

since Reagan it's been the party of pro-business and free market capitalism. it wasn't until the right wind populism that slowly started during the tea party and eventually led to Trump that we started seeing protectionism

And I have a bridge to sell you

I'm not claiming he is going to do this, I'm saying I think he has an opportunity to do it. The fundamental question is what Trump has in mind. Is his goal to just extract as much money as possible for him and his friends while keeping everything else more or less the same? Or does he have a more radical vision?

Certain individuals connected with the new Trump administration (looking at Vance and his financier Peter Thiel) have some radical beliefs in a new sort of technocratic authoritarian state. If this is really their goal, I think universal healthcare is a useful stepping stone to popular support for more radical items.

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