I think the con started before the people in charge now were born and their parents never taught them its a con so they fell for it too. Theyre continuing a con without realizing its one, and without understanding the consequences.
I’d argue that as of 2024, a whole lot of Americans actually do realize it’s a con. Hence a big part of the support for Trump, since there’s this weird perception that he’s anti-war. That perception is based less on anything he’s actually said, and more on the fact that everybody associates foreign wars with Bush and the neocons and the whole class of professional politicians that has sprung up over the past few decades; that political establishment dislikes and tries to smear Trump, ergo Trump must be anti-war. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. But it’s an idea which has gotten itself into the heads of a lot of Americans, working-class Americans in particular.
I think the con started before the people in charge now were born and their parents never taught them its a con so they fell for it too. Theyre continuing a con without realizing its one, and without understanding the consequences.
I’d argue that as of 2024, a whole lot of Americans actually do realize it’s a con. Hence a big part of the support for Trump, since there’s this weird perception that he’s anti-war. That perception is based less on anything he’s actually said, and more on the fact that everybody associates foreign wars with Bush and the neocons and the whole class of professional politicians that has sprung up over the past few decades; that political establishment dislikes and tries to smear Trump, ergo Trump must be anti-war. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. But it’s an idea which has gotten itself into the heads of a lot of Americans, working-class Americans in particular.