Posted on 11/17/2016 6:10:30 AM PST by Strategy
Well, there was that whole Communism thing.
But the key issue seems to be propaganda of the left/mainstream media. Several years ago there was a reset button, gas deals etc. but recently the left in America and quite a few prominent EUnuchs have started ranting (despite doing barely anything to actually oppose him) about evil Putin. So it seems when msm/”establishment” say:
1. Homos are cool.
2. Trump is a racist.
3. Putin is evil.
Many people assume that if 1 and 2 are bullshit then 3. must be bullshit too. It's good that people loose trust in the mainstream media but beyond that there's a huge ocean of “alternative sources” and a lot of them are crap too. Another example is Le Pen, I see her getting more and more fans here and there... I'm not an expert on French politics but she seems to be some damn national-socialistic creep. But “elites” don't like her so she must be fine. Well, it's not that simple.
My understanding of Europe and France is there really is a right wing there, in the model of national socialists and black shirts. So while the are nationalistic (as opposed to the left’s internationalism) they are still anti-Jew and anti-American.
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