Comments by "JLH" (@Kyarrix) on "Radicalize" video.

  1. Of course you're right but this advertisement is produced by the Lincoln Project. These are Republicans. We can take their support for now since they are rejecting Trump at least in part. They won't agree with you though since this is their party.
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  2. It is terrifying that 40% of the country support Trump. How did we get to a place where so many people lack the basic critical thinking skills necessary to reject someone so transparently terrible? The GOP in general thrives on ignorance. The greater the population that is uneducated the easier it is to manipulate them into supporting someone like Trump. Poor white working class people support Trump against their own interests because he and the GOP give them scapegoats for their problems. They don't accept any responsibility, instead manipulate their followers into hating others. And those followers lack the critical thinking skills to see through it. The Democratic party also has its share of blame. For decades now mainstream Democrats have not addressed the problems of the working class. How is it that every other advanced nation has healthcare? Childcare? A robust social safety net within a capitalist framework? Instead here, when these questions are raised people shout them down and call them extreme left wing, socialist, communist and other things that they aren't. It isn't socialist or communist or extreme to expect your taxes to go towards a safety net. It isn't extreme to expect health care as a right of citizenship. It isn't extreme to expect corporations doing business in your country to pay a living wage to those working for them. It isn't leftist or extreme to expect your country to offer education to all of its citizens sufficient to inoculate them against someone like Trump.
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  3.  Lady Day  Please don't presume to tell me or anyone else what to do. Biden is not my candidate. Will I vote for him? Yes, unenthusiastically and because our system does not allow for real option. Trump is clearly the far greater evil but that doesn't mean that Biden is a good choice. Why are we still having a discussion in this country about health care as a human right for everyone? Why is it still even a debate? Rampant stupidity and a lack of critical thinking are the hallmarks of our country right now. It is terrifying that 40% of the country support Trump. How did we get to a place where so many of the people here lack the basic critical thinking skills necessary to reject someone so transparently terrible? The GOP in general thrives on ignorance. The greater the population that is uneducated the easier it is to manipulate them into supporting someone like Trump. Poor white working class people support Trump against their own interests because he and the GOP give them scapegoats for their problems. They don't accept any responsibility but manipulate their followers into hating others. And those followers lack the critical thinking skills to see through it. The Democratic party also has its share of blame. For decades now mainstream Democrats have not addressed the problems of the working class. How is it that every other advanced nation has healthcare? Childcare? A robust social safety net within a capitalist framework? Instead here, when these questions are raised people shout them down and call them extreme left wing, socialist, communist and other things that they aren't. It isn't socialist or communist or extreme to expect your taxes to go towards a safety net. It isn't extreme to expect health care as a right of citizenship. It isn't extreme to expect the corporations doing business in your country to pay a living wage to those working for them. It isn't leftist or extreme to expect your country to offer education to all of its citizens sufficient to inoculate them against someone like Trump.
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  4.  @babaganalawandalorima9609  Don't deceive yourself. Trump is the manifestation of the republican party. It's a matter of degree. Not a difference in kind
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  5.  @johnlow7621  It's frustrating. I'm not extreme left wing but I'm thought to be by most republicans and even the majority of democrats. The real left wing rejects capitalism entirely. I don't. I just want a robust social safety net, healthcare for all and genuine equality of opportunity. No one should go hungry or go without shelter even if they make "poor life choices." No working person should need food stamps; a living wage should be the starting place for negotiation. Why is this hard for people to accept? I don't understand and I feel sad and frustrated.
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