B402, No, i haven't discounted any credible sources. You gotta be a bit nuts. I included your link because i thought it was a decent article. From my point of view your overly cynical, chip-on-the-shoulder, mentality limits your horizons. Just thought the Brookings article dealt with it all on a much deeper and more analytical level. Noted you had not comment on the article at all. Wonder why.
"So you discount credible sources,,,,Tell me your opinion of why the US has a trump, and even worse, why is he still even with the dems....... "
My opinion on why the US has a Trump. LOL, could just say why don't you read the board more, but will let it flow a bit and see what comes out.
One, millions of Americans are very susceptible to conspiracy theories. Two, millions of Americans are super gullible and susceptible to the avalanche of lies autocratic Trump has served up. Three, millions of Americans feel disillusioned and disenfranchised by the two major parties. Trump and any like him, as the legitimately far-fight personalities in Europe, encourage and nurture division then live off it. Your conservative culture war, for instance. Four, more extreme weather events create more hardship and where more hardship occurs more blame it on political parties that are. People like Trump who fraudulently claim to be non-establishment figures are believed by many of those looking for help. For comfort. Even for salvation. Five, millions of Americans believe Trump is, like David, Saul and Solomon were, one of God's Chosen Ones. Six, your electoral system. A Trump could be elected to a parliament in Australia, but could never, not nowadays or yet anyway, become the leader of a major party. Therefore a Trump could never be head honcho in Australia. Not in these times, anyway.
There would be many more reasons why the US has a Trump. Migration, inflation not Dems fault another two. And corruption, Much more on the right than the left. And there is a significant Putin factor, misinformation, and war driving economic hardship and inflation.
Our world has always been a very complex place. Basically chaos, some say.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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