1 upvotes, 2 direct replies (showing 2)
It's because, to the financial and political elites, this is all a game -- a for-fun game of my team vs your team where the big players all win because the losses are all theoretical for them (but very real for us).
The "resistance" to Trump (Democrats and large media) are beholden to the same god as Trump : capital. Every Democratic US Senator or Representative benefitted from Trump's tax cuts. Every single one benefits professionally from Trump being their hated opponent. They're unable to properly resist Donald Trump because they profit off of the existence of Donald Trump financially and professionally. How can we expect resistance by those who benefit from the current status quo?
These people have ZERO skin in the game. They're playing with our lives, not their own. The US could become a total fascist state and not a single one of these people would, in any way, be hurt or inconvenienced by it.
Comment by [deleted] at 15/10/2018 at 15:14 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
When the riots start, those people will not suffer at all. But they should.
Comment by Halcyon_Renard at 15/10/2018 at 10:39 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This. The unfortunate reality. Somewhere along the way principle went out the window. Now we have only expedience.