But that also gives too little importance to Trump’s unique place in this. He is a uniquely cynical, sociopathic trigger that is exploiting this populist anger, while being so incompetent that he fails to solve any of those issues underlying it.

Nah he's just a dude. Maybe you should quit swallowing his mystique as well, it empowers the guy.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 11 points 1 week ago

You are detached from reality if you are unable to see what the OP describes.

It's not even hard to see at this point, the image has long been set in stark, giant, letters, imprinted on history.

But given his popularity, you are not alone in being detached from reality.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, of course he's just a dude. He's one of the least worthy dudes out there, for all the attention he's getting. He didn't justifiably earn any of that.

But nonetheless, he is a key that happens to be shaped perfectly to unlock, exploit and exacerbate populist anger. It could have been anyone else if the conditions were different, but it is uniquely him in this history. That's all I'm saying, but it a very important detail.