Comment by vjvjvjvjghv
3 hours ago
You can rage against Trump and republicans as much as you want but in the end the democrats must learn to formulate why anybody should vote FOR them. Even in the current chaos they aren’t able to bring up a coherent message and follow through when they are in power. I see the same in Germany. AfD is getting stronger while the established parties get nothing done.
It reminds me somewhat of the state of the Weimar Republic. The democratic parties failed which gave an opening to the nazis.
Somehow, no one votes for nazi because they believe that stuff. Rhetorically. They are always victims with no agency.
They do believe in stuff. And their soft supporters succesfully manage to turm the blame to others.
Trump situation is result of years of hard work of heritage foundation, conservative preachers, tech bros, supreme court and so on. He represents their project being succesfull.
The Democratic party started, fought, and lost a culture war almost before Republicans even responded. They shifted so far away from what their own voting base actually wanted. Heritage Foundation didn't need to do anything.
The Republican party might be shooting themselves in the foot too. They picked Trump out of anger in primaries, but I actually see no reason to believe he was their most likely winner in the presidential elections. He lost 2020 then got extremely lucky in 2024. Other Republicans have followed him anyway, and this time it's going to sting.
You don't give Trump enough credit. It is about him personally, this is not the big win for the heritage foundation that you portray it as.