Wealth disparities weren’t as severe as some northern regions, particularly New York City whose bankers and traders had been made rich by the cotton export trade. But even poor white men could vote, and the region identified as “America” with the American flag and American songs and textbooks. It was a technological revolution that made possible the traitorous Confederacy.įor the previous thirty or so years, the slave-holding South had been a democracy, albeit one where only white men had a say in things. In the early 1800s the invention of the Cotton Gin, which could with one very expensive machine do the work of 50 enslaved people, transformed the American South. READ MORE: Florida 'ghost candidate' who was backed by GOP consultant is arrested and charged Or is it? Is it possible Trumpism is simply a very old American invention making its return to the US political stage? Before Trumpism, Republicans had for generations opposed nations that suppressed democracy and called out murderous dictators like Hitler, Putin, and Kim. They didn’t accuse Democrats of drinking the blood of tortured children, openly proclaim their racism, or encourage violence. Sure, those guys were happy to suck up to the wealthy and pass legislation favored by big business, but they didn’t go so far as to separate themselves from the mainstream of American governance. WATCH: 'I'm just a journalist!' Fox News host Harris Faulkner clashes with Dem for exposing her 'conservative' bias This is not Barry Goldwater’s, Ronald Reagan’s, or even George W.
*Claim the mantle of “the average man” fighting against the tyranny of the “deep state”.*Normalize violence as a political tool.*Heavily criminalize minor behaviors like drug use.*Accuse political opponents of demonic or perverse behavior.*Embrace a police state for all but the richest.*Rig elections and prevent minorities from voting.*Make alliances with foreign authoritarians.*Embrace authoritarian preachers to claim the appearance of Christianity.*Regulate school curriculum to promote a racist worldview.*Maintain a strict racial and gender hierarchy.*Marginalize and destroy trust in the media.*Put the “rights” of business above those of workers.
*Brand the movement with its own flag and slogans separate from the country’s.Trumpism, they proclaim, is a coherent political philosophy of its own that has replaced conservativism as the dominant system of political theory in the “new” Republican Party. IN OTHER NEWS: Black pastor arrested for helping his neighbor Trumpism without Trump? Could it even be a thing?Īpparently so: candidates Trump has openly disavowed are claiming Trumpism as their standard, the flag they’ll carry into the election and into office if they win. It’s causing the media and political elites to have a “Huh? What?” moment. Civil War?įurther confounding things, Republican candidates like Pennsylvania’s Kathy Barnette are openly running as ultra-MAGA candidates, having hijacked Trumpism without Trump himself. Donald Trump promoted a modern Civil War in America this week on his social media platform.