No I am saying that the people wiping their asses with democracy have the support of the people and billionaires which suggests its not just billionaires overriding what people want. People have chosen this.
Roughly one third of eligible voters voted for Trump, one third for Harris, and one third abstained, presumably because they felt neither candidate represented them. In a government where money buys power that’s not a totally unreasonable take. Democrats for their part have blamed voters for their supposed stupidity - not themselves for failing to field an appealing candidate. They could have won on a left populist platform to counter Trump’s right populism (left wing populism has proven itself popular), but leftwing populism doesn’t sit well with Democrat financiers. Oligarchs like rightwing populism though. Populism (left and right) is itself an expression of the growing distrust people have toward their institutions and the sense people have of being squeezed economically. The ultra-wealthy are successfully capitalizing on this by using rightwing populism to dismantle democracy and consolidate power.
The wealthy wouldn’t spend their riches on propaganda if it weren’t effective. Trumpism appeals to primal emotions around family, religion, pride, safety, belonging.
Social media is tribalism and echo chambers. The “other side” appears ‘insane’ to each side when there’s no empathy.
