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OR... Populists easily win votes by promising to do things they can't (lower prices) or by promising that great things will come from things they can do (deport immigrants, raise tariffs). Voters are now waking up for the second time that Trump can't deliver what he promised, so they are willing to look at alternatives.
The left could also nominate populists who promise everyone two acres and a mule, but is that really what's good for the country? There are plenty of leftist populists elected in South America, yet those countries stay poor and crime-ridden. Some here use US interference / the World Bank / globalists as a boogeyman excuse, but the truth is that populists are good at getting elected and then fucking everything up.
BLUF: you know we can just run someone who authentically wants to help Americans .. Right?
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It's just unfathomable to you, that we could run someone who authentically will help now that the DNC isn't literally funded by Hillary's personal fundraising machine she built...
Like, are you just unaware of all that?
Yeah...
Mainly due to the fucking CIA, again, both under Republicans and neolibs.
Don't forget, just because we always wait a couple decades to declassify shit, doesn't mean we perpetually just stopped that long ago. There's always a giant backlog of shit they're waiting till we don't care as much.
Clinton flat out told journalists she wouldn't have let Palestine have an election, and the only way she would have, would be if it was rigged:
https://mondoweiss.net/2016/10/palestinian-elections-determine/
But obviously the reason leftwing governments don't work in South America, is the United States of America.
Liars are good at lying...
Again, we could just pick someone that doesn't lie, how is that such an alien concept to you?
And even if that is your logic, how the ever loving fuck do you not understand why voter turnout is a huge problem? And that the fix is just running someone authentic?
The logic in your comment just isn't consistent. The only thing consistent is saying anything in the moment that doesn't make neoliberalism look like the cause. It's literally like talking to a trumpet.
Authentic people say, "Look, we need to do more of this thing. But there are consequences for doing it, and it is going to lead to the following problems. We will have to make tradeoffs."
Voters look at that and the other guy, who promises only good things, and they vote for the other guy.
Not exactly South America, but Mexico disagrees. Bolivia too. Leftist populists aren't miracle workers, but they do have a pretty good track record.