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There is a pall over our nation. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2018 OP
Imo, it's the opposite. Dirty Donny is a symptom of a collapsing culture. Oneironaut Oct 2018 #1
I think he's more of a symptom of a collapsing Republican party. bearsfootball516 Oct 2018 #3
The decline did not occur naturally. It was engineered by people like Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh.. irresistable Oct 2018 #5
It's because in our DNA we know cilla4progress Oct 2018 #2
Meanhile Putin is having a great old time Snarkoleptic Oct 2018 #4

Oneironaut

(5,504 posts)
1. Imo, it's the opposite. Dirty Donny is a symptom of a collapsing culture.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:11 AM
Oct 2018

If it wasn’t Donald Drumpf, it would be someone else. We’re in a period of cultural decline, where idiocy and ignorance are favored over education, party affiliation trumps the truth, and everything, including murder, is justified if it’s against the other side.

If we get rid of Donald Trump, we’re still stuck in the same boat. We need to correct our culture so that Americans don’t turn around and just elect another Trump. It’s not going to be easy.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
3. I think he's more of a symptom of a collapsing Republican party.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:24 AM
Oct 2018

The party is shrinking and has moved so far to the right that more moderate Republicans don't stand a chance. Trump is their last dying breath and last chance to cling to power. Demographics are changing in America and it's terrifying to Republicans because older white voters are the only demographic they still win.

Hence why they're getting so blatant with voter suppression, demographics have reached the point that without suppressing vote, they're not going to be able to win nationwide anymore.

Georgia and Florida are the canaries in the coalmine for them. If a black woman and black male can defeat white males for the governors seats in a solid, republican southern state of Georgia and the biggest swing state that tends to go red in Florida...it's over for them nationally. And especially since Abrams and Gillum will open up voting rights.

 

irresistable

(989 posts)
5. The decline did not occur naturally. It was engineered by people like Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh..
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:31 AM
Oct 2018

and networks like Fox News. We can't correct our culture until they are shamed into changing what they disseminate and broadcast

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
2. It's because in our DNA we know
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:14 AM
Oct 2018

Our time on the earth we've known as a species for thousands of years is coming to an end. Many will die. Many more will suffer.

Desperation and panic

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