Comments by "Aaron Okeanos" (@AaronOkeanos) on "Republicans Embraced Extremism Long Before Trump" video.

  1. Compare this with a diagramm of Income Inequality in America and you will find they coalesce. The next thing socially on this compare the numbers of low-, middle- and upper-class households and you will find, that over the decades the middle-class diminshed significantly. Why is this important? Republicans get their donations from super-rich in exchange for tax-reductions for them and to ensure minimum wage and minimum worker rights so their profits max out. And Republicans get their money from the middle-class which gets smaller and smaller who fears to lose what they have achieved and because they think voting Conservatives would "conserve" their wealth and status as middle class (status quo, they want to maintain what they have). And this fear of losing your status creates fear and anger over time when the situation does not get better. They look for a reason for that and a direction to where to direct the anger. And to prevent the middle-class from seeing the truth that the anger should go to the people who sits in government they preemtive give them another target to make sure people never find out the Republicans are actually the source of all problems. And suddenly immigrants and illegals are made public enemy no 1 as well as all people who are not white. And since Republicans cannot make people vote on the basis of good policies anymore (all policies are not for the middle-class anymore but for the super-rich because they donate the most to the Republicans) the only way to keep getting elected is to fuel this anger-directing at "people who are different" and saying "They make the problems. We get rid of them if you elect us." But it's a lie. That THOSE people are the problem in the first place and that they actually want to end the problems. Without problems no anger, without anger you need another reason to still being elected. That's also why Republicans always and only talk about the future. The only thing they can do is promising about tomorrow, but they never deliver. They cannot deliver because as soon as people have no problems they no longer have anger and without anger they no longer need a target to put the anger at. And without that Republicans cannot win elections anymore because their policies are actually against the middle and low-class own interests but people ignore this because "they are on my side" or so they think. It's a vile cycle of lies and blame-gaming. And people continue to fall for it thanks to so called "News Channel" (actually Opinion-channels) owned by the super-rich to ensure Republicans are still voted and to "form" and "direct" public opinion and especially to make sure the anger of the people is not directed at Republicans. And this is also the explanation why those Opinion-Channels try to direct anger at intellectuals as well and all people who are able to make things better and especially all News-Channels and people who would be able to tell people the truth about all of this. Because if the people ever found out how far they have been betrayed by their own kin they will probably end the GOP instantly and never vote them again.
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