Do you know any good quotes from historic philosophers, historic authors, historic political figures, etc that would be applicable to Donald Trump and his horrible leadership, lack of morals, money-grabbing greed, racist tendencies etc, or that generally opposes the way he does things?

As an example, I recently discovered this quote from George Washington that opposes everything about Trump's anti-refugee politics:

"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong"

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u/speculumberjack980 — 8 days ago

I'm so tired of this kind of bullshit clickbait. We've been told this same thing ever since 2017. That Trump is done and MAGA is over. The first 20 times I heard it, I was naively optimistic. Then I stopped hoping. Now I just get annoyed. Trump will always get away with everything no matter what.

u/speculumberjack980 — 8 days ago

Trump has embraced conspiracy theories like Pizzagate, Birtherism, The great replacement theory etc. But which other conspiracy theories has he at some point shown some support for that didn't get as much attention from by media outlets and such?

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u/speculumberjack980 — 9 days ago

Do you acknowledge The Great Switch, the Southern Strategy, and the fact that the Democratic party of the 19th/early-to-mid 20th century are essentially today's Republican party, and that the Republican party back then is essentially today's Democratic party?

Between the 1930's and the 1980's, with the New Deal era under Roosevelt and the Civil Rights movement era under Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson being key moments for this, the two parties essentially switched voter base with each other. The Civil Rights Act has been argued as the main driver in the party switch during this time, supported by the difference between the 1960 Electoral Map and the 1964 Electoral Map, and depicted as the quintessential establishing of the modern Republican party.

Sources:
https://sites.stat.columbia.edu/gelman/research/published/reversal2.pdf
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/ojur/vol3/iss1/3/
https://www.studentsofhistory.com/ideologies-flip-Democratic-Republican-parties
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Southern-strategy

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u/speculumberjack980 — 11 days ago

An estimated 90 million deaths has been prevented between 2001 and 2021 thanks to USAID, but its sudden halt is now projected to cause more than 4 million preventable deaths among children younger than 5 years old by 2030. Would you still support the end of USAID if this projection becomes reality?

u/speculumberjack980 — 12 days ago

Do you consider wealth inequality in the US is to be a problem, and do you think that minimum wage should be increased?

According to the Federal Reserve Distributional Financial Accounts, the top 1% in the US holds as much wealth as the bottom 90%.

And according to a study by research organization RAND Corporation, nearly $80 TRILLION has been redistributed from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1% since 1975.

According to Oxfam International, CEO pay is increasing 20 times faster than workers' pay. They also report that billionaires in the US earns $2,500 per SECOND on average.

According to AFL-CIO, had the federal minimum wage kept pace with workers’ productivity since 1968, the inflation-adjusted minimum wage would be $24 an hour instead of the federally mandated $7.25, which means that workers only earn 1/3 of what they should be earning.

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u/speculumberjack980 — 1 month ago

We know that Donald Trump was a guest on Epstein's private jet at least 8 times, but has anyone checked the flight logs to see how many times Jeffrey Epstein was a guest on Trump's private jet?

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u/speculumberjack980 — 2 months ago