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b_b · 2730 days ago · link · · parent · post: Noam Chomsky: "Why are we failing to organize these people?"
I disagree about the tea party. For an insurgent group they sure got a lot of seats of Congress and state houses. They also managed to unseat the speaker of the house and shut down the government. The problem with ows is that it was too heady. Tea party appeals were to base fears and that is always effective. Trump's appeal is along these lines but much more nakedly racist. He found the magic formula, unfortunately. While I hope against hope he won't be president, I also don't think we've seen the last of him.