This is going to be a very Machiavellian analysis, and I’m sorry for anyone who’s feelings I am going to hurt.
We can end up one of two places with this.
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We can get universal health care, universal income, and stronger protections for everyone; a slightly more socialist but still very free country. This is how the USA left the great depression in the 1920s.
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We can go with the Nazi route. This is how the USA left the great depression of the 2010’s; and we are still dealing with our orange furhur.
As much as I hate to say this… we need to make sure that we go the former route. We need to keep harping that this is Trump’s fault; that we need to help people, that we need to rebuild our economy to support the 99.999% as much as the .001%.
You are right. We are going to get a populist surge; just like what Trump rode into office. We just need to make sure that we channel that surge into someone who won’t mess it up. Frankly, it kind of worries me because Biden isn’t naturally that leader. I am hoping that a leader can be identified and Biden primaried in 2024 by someone who shares his ideals but who is younger and more dynamic.
