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Metal_DK posted...

Acting like democrats are the solution is a massive problem.

Trump isnt THE problem, hes a symptom of a much larger problem. The problem is:

Both parties are in bed with wall street and silicon valley
Both parties are for war (seriously, can we stop bombing syria? This country doesnt even have an air force why are we wasting money killing people)
Democrats are weak. Seriously the donors who put democrats in power are weak who give in to republicans

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the problem is our society hasn't had a major lifestyle change since the mid 00s. We have been living the following life for a while now:

Wake up to our smartphone alarm, check social media as we get ready for work/school
Drive to work/school with our music app running
Get to work/school, perform activities while hearing about how economy has been shit since the collapse of 07/08
Get home and consume more internet media (Netflix, Steam, Reddit, Facebook, etc). If a Friday/Saturday maybe go out with friends
Go to bed

We havent had a major breakthrough like the superhighway system/TV in the 50s/60s. Or a personal computer of the 80s. Or a internet of the mid 90s through early 00s. Or even the smartphone/social media revolution of 2006/2007/2008. Its a major cultural stagnation. When culture stagnates, people like Trump get elected.

While the Democratic party establishment / "Clinton wing" of the party is as you describe, the "both parties" stuff is not really true and just serves to distract away from and lessen the fact that one party (Republicans) are far more in the pocket of corporations and pro-war than the other. Yes, Dems are too. But not nearly as much as Republicans.

Also...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Shaykhun_chemical_attack

The attack was conducted by the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad according to international human rights organizations and governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, France, and Israel. The Assad government denied using any chemical weapons in the air strike.

I'd really like to know how the Syrian government manages to pull off airstrikes without having an air force. That's a damn impressive feat!

Not sure about the cultural stagnation leading to Trump argument, but we have indeed stagnated. It's mainly a result of the voodoo economic Republican mantra of cutting taxes on the wealthy as much as possible, and then lowering funding to infrastructure and scientific endeavors cause we don't have enough money.