The current freak-out by Donald Trump, J. D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, and other right-wingers about democratic socialism is quite rational. In socialism, they see a formidable foe.
The current freak-out by Donald Trump, J. D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, and other right-wingers about democratic socialism is quite rational. In socialism, they see a formidable foe.
A lot of people seem to forget, but prior to Trump, the president wasn’t a dictator
Super majority in the house and Senate. His party voted to block a fundamental promise of his campaign. Presidents aren’t dictators. But they are absolutely dictators of their parties in situations like this.
Ironically, the downvotes I’m getting are a testament to how incredibly liked and popular Obama is with the population.
Obama could have literally built the momentum of the left by pointing to the failures of his own party. Threats to primary Democrats that did not enact the will of the people.
Trump is a dictator because he controlled his party with the popularity he had in elections. Look at Thomas Massey recently. Even with his unpopular national approval he still has so much power in his party.
Obama was significantly stronger than Trump; he could have influenced the primary of any Democrat that betrayed the popular mandate of the people. It’s why even now his party begs him to not endorse candidates unless he needs to come in and save an establishment candidate from a DSA candidate. And even then it is rare because of the influence he has that would just improve turnout and interest (bad for establishment candidates).
He is not powerless. He is/was the most liked and popular president in you and I’s lifetime. And that was only STRONGER when he was first elected. Maybe I’m old. But I think people forget how much people thought Obama was FDR 2.0. He ended up being Clinton 2.0 with some Bush 3.0 on the side.