i’m and american liberal and both lemmy & tiktok have made me aware that liberals and conservatives are 2 sides of the same fucked up coin. i’m also i’m under no illusion that americans won’t change anytime soon.

trump’s aspirations in his last term were thwarted by my ruling class’ desire to maintain the status quo. trump now has nouveau oligarchs and political think tanks supporting him (unlike last time and at least for now); which will help enable to him to succeed this time around.