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Pretty amazing, the fact that an all-out war was being fought to retain the Union,. Now, the fox was frustrated in not being able to upset an election by force (1-6-2021), so what did the people do? They opened the door and invited the fox inside, to rampage and destroy at his own whim. The takeaway? There is no fix for stupid. How could those who voted for the "fox" actually believe that he had their best interests in mind and at heart?

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Richard, those who voted for "the fox" did so on the basis of two things: an alternate set of facts that vilified Democrats and a core belief in American values embodied by the myths told in TV shows like Gunsmoke or movies like It's a Wonderful Life that they were sure were forgotten by the Left. Democrats did not fight the first issue well and we're totally blindsided by the 2nd issue.

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Je, I think you're partially right, but you leave out some huge factors - a significant percentage of people who really would like to see the government burn down, a powerful faction of religious lunatics— and a group of billionaires who are happy to harness and exploit these destructive forces to enrich themselves.

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Well, perhaps naive as well.

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