Message from @Grenade123
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Hahahahaha
I can't tell if anything is satire or not anymore.
Being an autistic sperg that doesn't understand sarcasm well also doesn't help.
I am not being sarcastic if that helps. I always will place a "/s" tag when I am being sarcastic.
I rarely lie and am old enough that 100% authenticity is my best MO
As far as Trump, yes and no, Grenade
Oh shit...
let me guess, he acts exactly how you expected, but has not done everything you feared he would do.
I thought Trump might actually be a real populist, but he hasn't been. He had some amazing opportunities to stand up for people but instead spent his energies trying to erase that Obama was ever president.
For example, health care
And net neutrality
His domestic reflex seems to be to do the exact opposite of Obama, even when Obama was doing the populist thing
Consumer protections
All populist things that Trump has stood against because Obama was for them.
So that has been a disappointment.
As far as the rest, it's been as expected.
Filling the courts the Federalist Society picks. Railing against immigration. Trade war. Acting like a bully on the world stage.
eeh, NN and Obama care were not popular, not by a long shot. They were pretty split
I thought he might actually be an ally to GLBT but he's tended against them but so far it hasn't been catastrophic, just enough red meat to keep the fundies happy.
I think the trouble is: what's populism when large segments of the population have opposing views?
everything
so nothing really
I thought the idea that we didn't want corporations to control what we see and don;t see was pretty popular
Sure, but that doesn't mean everyone has the same idea about how to address it
And I think about 2/3 of the electorate believes the gov't has a role in ensuring people have access to health insurance that isn't not prejudiced based on preexisting conditions.
since when has the electorate actually represented the people of the US tbh
Not necessarily the Republican system that is the ACA, but those protections, yes
they vote whatever the people paying the most want
which was the problem with NN
it was big business vs big business
Obamacare = RomneyCare = Republican response to Hillarycare
The ACA is a republican think tank developed system
The Republicans only hate it now because the Dems co-opted it
or because it was as shit as people were saying it would be, and just us the dems as an excuse to hide their failure
everyone wants cheaper healthcare, and all the system proposed by both parties would not do that
but they were pressured for something
hell, even look at what happened when they tried to pass the replacement
Actually, I think it has worked remarkably well. The serious flaw was ending assistance at too low an income level.
it fined people for not having enough money to afford the now higher premiums
how on earth was that working well?