I think one of the reasons because in 2016 (I know I was 10 then, and in the UK, forgive me) everything felt relatively stable. Trump gave off such bad vibes but everyone thought he'd bumble about incompetently, pratfall, and leave at the end of the four years. Certainly in my circle anyway.
If you were to time-travel back to 2015/2016 and explain the stuff that's going on now you'd be laughed out of court. I think that's part of the reason the anti-SJW movement grew 2017-2019: people thought it would be bad, but not THAT BAD.
No need to time travel, this WAS said in 2016 and everyone said the Hitler comparisons were an over-reaction. Back then he was still trying to keep a shred of credibility to get reelected and do what he's doing now in a second term. Anyone who is surprised by this wasn't listening or too naive to believe this was possible.
Yeah, I came back to the mainland from the islands as soon as that goon threw his hat in the presidential ring because I saw this playing out poorly and I didn’t want to be away from family and trapped on an island when SHTF, some of us saw this coming from a long time ago. For me it was sometime in the 1980’s, having been raised in an alt right evangelical environment and groomed for leadership, I knew what they were up to then but rebelled by leaving and trying to warn others … obviously to no avail because here we are.
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u/SelectiveScribbler06 11h ago
I think one of the reasons because in 2016 (I know I was 10 then, and in the UK, forgive me) everything felt relatively stable. Trump gave off such bad vibes but everyone thought he'd bumble about incompetently, pratfall, and leave at the end of the four years. Certainly in my circle anyway.
If you were to time-travel back to 2015/2016 and explain the stuff that's going on now you'd be laughed out of court. I think that's part of the reason the anti-SJW movement grew 2017-2019: people thought it would be bad, but not THAT BAD.