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Chemical Bill

(3,127 posts)
55. I wonder about the definition of "class".
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 02:50 PM
8 hrs ago

There is an organized faction of people who crave money and power above all else. I don't use the word class to describe them as a group, or personally.

There are other people who have money, more money than Trump, but they don't want the cruelty and destruction of Theil, Musk, et al.

I know people who have money, but worked in the family business starting at the bottom, and were never told that they were better than the people they worked with, who later worked for them.

Perhaps our definitions diverge.

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One important thing to understand about this analysis: RockRaven Yesterday #1
Or.....they will turn en masse whilst claiming they never supported Trump. Nevilledog Yesterday #2
Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 11 hrs ago #40
Not the Maga racist types. But the "undecided" voter types JI7 4 hrs ago #64
Exactly. progressoid Yesterday #3
But they're still a minority. The true believers. paleotn Yesterday #12
The worst thing about the internet/social media is that it gives the assholes ways to find each other. Intractable Yesterday #25
Good point. pandr32 10 hrs ago #42
In 2016 as I saw all of the reptiles coming out from under their rocks, yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #50
maga hate anti-repub 11 hrs ago #35
maga hate anti-repub 11 hrs ago #36
And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward. Lanius 10 hrs ago #47
There isn't another Trump. Chemical Bill 8 hrs ago #56
This part is important: progressoid Yesterday #4
There's some people here that need to wake up and smell the coffee as well. durablend Yesterday #7
Collective Trauma response... purr-rat beauty Yesterday #5
The entire Trump/Miller doctrine is... lame54 Yesterday #6
Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny Yesterday #8
Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy Yesterday #9
I have a maga brother in law and he fits the descriptions to a tee kimbutgar Yesterday #10
It's just so terribly sad. Our culture, our civilization leaves so many damaged like h hedda_foil Yesterday #30
This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter Yesterday #11
There is a Michael Wolff thread floating around here about Uncle Joe Yesterday #13
Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh Yesterday #20
Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy Yesterday #24
George W Bush was another who was exceedingly un-curious Seinan Sensei 9 hrs ago #48
The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #51
Sure, he was shunned by old money, the intellegentsia, and probably markodochartaigh 8 hrs ago #54
I wonder about the definition of "class". Chemical Bill 8 hrs ago #55
The Grifter is a Frankenstein's monster. He doesn't actually belong to any class, yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #58
raised ... justsomeguy01 6 hrs ago #59
I was just talking about this, They wake up to hate MagickMuffin Yesterday #14
The MAGA movement, Q Anon,Tea Party, racists and masoginists and the religious right Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #15
If Faux Noise had flopped back in the 1990's, there would be no others FakeNoose Yesterday #16
Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 12 hrs ago #32
Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional Martin68 11 hrs ago #38
Agreed. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #53
Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB Yesterday #17
A pretty good synopsis of what B.See Yesterday #18
Spot on. Permanut Yesterday #19
ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep Yesterday #21
I wonder how a prompt from opposite-world would turn out. hunter 6 hrs ago #60
The Religiously Insane are a part of it. They are not resentful as much as they are in the thrall of a religion that CTyankee Yesterday #22
MAGA is like the logo for Disaster Capitalism SleeplessinSoCal Yesterday #23
Because hate is one of the most powerful emotions and hate sells. c-rational Yesterday #26
excellent post proud patriot Yesterday #27
In a word: compensation RainCaster Yesterday #28
Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose." Grins Yesterday #29
The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse 12 hrs ago #31
Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 12 hrs ago #33
This captures a lot of dynamics I've struggled to put into words myself. Torchlight 12 hrs ago #34
this the best and most complete analysis I've seen. I agree 100%. Martin68 11 hrs ago #37
Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth 11 hrs ago #39
45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech 10 hrs ago #41
Thank u-saving 2 read-why mag so hateful Upthevibe 10 hrs ago #43
Exactly MW67 10 hrs ago #44
MAGA Fuel gfarber 10 hrs ago #45
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung 10 hrs ago #46
Excellent summary Wild blueberry 9 hrs ago #49
Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #52
Short version: They hate because it is the only thing they can do with their terrible fear. n/t TygrBright 8 hrs ago #57
Their friends are MAGA. Their family is MAGA. Their church is MAGA. Glaisne 5 hrs ago #61
I can answer that more concisely: WestMichRad 5 hrs ago #62
Great breakdown. Thank you for posting mjvpi 4 hrs ago #63
If they can't have it they want to burn it down. North Coast Lawyer 3 hrs ago #65
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