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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the slogan means returning to mainstream values where america was a melting pot, a mosaic of people who tried hard and sometimes succeeded.

Forging a place where we were not finger pointing and demanding shame and apologies for having wealth or success. Where wealth is seen as an achievement and not an entitlement.

A place where children who worked hard could go to a state college, a place where 30 year olds could buy a house— and place where things were generally comfortable and not confrontational. Everyday. Every site.

I think many people became upset and marginalized over the past eight years. They felt pushed out and shamed.  The pandemic, which needlessly dragged on, hurt the American psyche — and certainly helped drive crisis in our American youth.
Parents suffered. Children suffered. Classrooms were frozen in time with green St Patrick’s Day decorations. For years.

Things were not good.  The slogan means change. Obama said change. He won. This man says change, by returning to root values. He won. A wide majority of people agreed and elected him to be our civilized and military leader.  He won. If you are not asking why, you might be missing the point. [/quote]

One year of Trump, and:

- Children still can’t find jobs and still can’t buy a house.  Food/clothing/consumer goods are now needlessly more expensive than ever.

- People are still upset and not only marginalized, their rights are being eroded.  They’re being told they don’t belong in today’s America, that America is only for white conservative Christians.  Their neighborhoods are being militarized, and a police/surveillance state put in place.

- Obscene wealth is something people should be ashamed of.  Once upon a time, rich people gave back to society in the form of libraries, universities, museums and charities.  The current crop of rich people are building bunkers, throwing Great Gatsby parties, and laughing at the little people whose lives they’re destroying.  Their contempt is so brazen.

- America a melting pot? No. Immigrants are being blamed for everything bad and kidnapped off the streets. Meanwhile, MAGA is eliminating DEI, the Department of Labor is putting out memes depicting jobs for white men only (and the occasional token female), and the US is undergoing a brain drain as research funding gets cut and scientists flee to other countries.

- Nonconfrontational?  Trump gave his followers permission to bully and call people names.  Young men are proudly proclaiming they can use the r and f words again. Women are being told to shut up and get back in the kitchen.

- The US continues its slide down the global rankings on everything from child mortality to literacy to democracy.  We’re still near the top in incarceration though, hooray for us.

Trump may have won, but he’s delivered the exact opposite of what you thought he was promising.  America is very far from great.

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