Sorry, nope. I was rooting for Sanders until Trump grabbed the GOP by their pu--y. There were various, huge, completely disenfranchised grassroots movements.
Occupy Wallstreet, who suddenly had "anti-racism" activists showing up, taking over their movement, completely destroying it. Gamergate, who found themselves confronted by the establishment media literally all being in bed with each other. The color-blind anti-racism movements, who thought America had finally overcome racism, before being railroaded by critical Intersectionalism. The free-speech activists, who failed to fight back against micro-aggressions. The gun nuts, who were sick of having "boating accidents" every other month. The peace movements, who voted every time for the least warmongering candidate, only to be betrayed EVERY SINGLE TIME, ending up with evermore bloodthirsty demons in power.
These were huge movements all over the world. I'm German, but everyone was watching the US elections. We were neither right nor left, all we wanted was a better world without being backstabbed by those we trusted.
Initially I've rooted for Sanders, but he just didn't seem genuine and strong-willed enough to many of us, so we had little hope. And then there was this still rather little movement on the right, seemingly very high spirited, producing memes obscene both in amount and content.
Their attitude was "lets just burn this entire corrupt rats nest to the ground". And Trump fully embraced them. He was very different than anyone else. Then we learned that he wasn't part of the political establishment for sure. So we started supporting him, too. Then we started digging for hidden dirt on him. But there was nothing significant. On the other hand we've found plenty of people he randomly helped. And that he has held about the same political opinions for decades. The only problem was that he was still kinda favored by the media. And then that problem fixed itself.
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TLDR: Trump embraced a whole lot of disenfranchised movements and shoved them down the GOP's throat.
The MAGA movement has very little interest or in common with the pre-Trump GOP. Maybe the old GOP has done something to provide equal opportunities, or they haven't. I dont know, I dont care.
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But what has Trump done for "egalitarian opportunity"?
Honestly, way too little. His first term was very milquetoast. Took all the cabinet recommendations the GOP leadership gave him, never too confrontational, always seeking compromise.
He tried to crack down on the slave trade over the southern border, but was not assertive enough. Some important cabinet members like Sessions just recused themselves from everything. At least he pushed through:
- hospital pricing transparency - eliminated penalties for people who couldn't afford healthcare - eliminated some regulatory barriers preventing competition between health insurance providers - allowed employers to join efforts when negotiating insurance - The First Step Act (Prison reform) - The Foster Youth to Independence initiative
> [Your examples]
I dont know, I dont care. The new GOP wont be the old GOP.
Name the bills and policies and those responsible.
People are already going door to door to look for volunteers for the midterms and it'll take time to figure out who needs to and can be replaced. Incumbents have their own, already established, election networks and campaigns. It takes a lot of time and effort to challenge those.
> [On Conservatism]
There are many interpretations to this, but the term is getting less and less popular, "right wing" and "classic liberalism" gaining popularity, the idea being that central governments have become too involved and authoritarian. Power should be decentralized towards local communities as much as reasonable and the central governments turned into a tool to provide more local governments with the necessary resources, infrastructure and cooperation platforms.
I'd say most people who think of themselves as "conservative" just dislike the erosion of the culture they identify with and are afraid of "slippery slopes". It doesnt mean they intend to enforce the status quo (although some certainly do), just that their intend to preserve it for themselves is respected.
> [Targeting of my personal shower not likely]
The problem is creating the tooling to enable just that.
Sure, maybe I'm very well liked by all the officials governing my everyday life. But does this also apply to the blue haired radical feminist, who likes to toss bags with color at government officials?
What about the new intern, who told a government oversight official on a networking event that she's not interested in sleeping with him to advance her career?
What if a well meaning, but tired government worker selects the "ml" instead of the "l" option on the unit drop down menu by accident?
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FFS, look at the recent patent troll documentary by the XPlane creator. It doesnt take many bad apples to ruin the lives of MANY people.
