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Yavin4

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18. I think that it's changing with younger people.

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 10:58 PM

Sep 2019

They came of age during the economic collapse of 2008. So, they don't buy the "masters of the universe" bullshit. How can they be "masters" when they needed bailouts from the taxpayers?

Younger people want a return to big government which is why Sanders and Warren are popular.

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Now tell me again why some stupid and ill informed voters wanted a businessman [View all] a kennedy Sep 2019 OP

Americans worship top executives DavidDvorkin Sep 2019 #1

Trump was never a "top executive" or even a mediocre one... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #14

He was a brand who sold his name and fake persona. That's all StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #15

No, but he was perceived as one. TwilightZone Sep 2019 #19

I think Americans worship the filthy rich more Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #16

More than the stereotype you summon misanthrope Sep 2019 #25

Yes, we admire the nastiest among us. Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #37

or billionaires nt msongs Sep 2019 #2

Or TeeVee Stars. 42bambi Sep 2019 #3

One who has never reported to a board of directors RainCaster Sep 2019 #4

Americans have been indoctrinated since the 80s that the private sector was superior. Yavin4 Sep 2019 #5

How do we change that??? a kennedy Sep 2019 #9

I think that it's changing with younger people. Yavin4 Sep 2019 #18

It didn't start in the 1980s misanthrope Sep 2019 #26

Yep. Lots of blame on Ronald Reagan for the lead-up to 45. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 #31

What was the old saying Andy823 Sep 2019 #6

I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting a businessman, Bloomberg is a truly successful tulipsandroses Sep 2019 #7

Most of the filthy rich businessmen are criminals and psychopaths Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #38

They didn't know he was a failed, bankrupt businessman leftstreet Sep 2019 #8

Probably because ... NanceGreggs Sep 2019 #10

Got that right...... a kennedy Sep 2019 #11

Because electing the last so-called business man Frances Sep 2019 #12

Shrub and Hoover were businessmen and their respective tenures were utter disasters. Dawson Leery Sep 2019 #13

Well pretty sure most of them would go to someone who said thinkingagain Sep 2019 #17

I suspect a lot of people still think that the government should be PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #20

Putin. triron Sep 2019 #21

They didn't really want him until he started acting like a racist, bigot. Hoyt Sep 2019 #22

Business had nothing to do with it. Countless bankruptcies? GulfCoast66 Sep 2019 #23

Historically, corp executives and businessmen make shitty presidents... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #24

Trump is unfit to work at 7-Eleven dalton99a Sep 2019 #27

Trump was (and is) a conduit for their racist fantasies. John Fante Sep 2019 #28

He was the most racist of 17 candidates. That's why they love him. Doodley Sep 2019 #29

Trouble is repugs keep putting up horrible businessmen like W and trump. brush Sep 2019 #30

Not a real businessman, but an emotionally disturbed asshole posing as one... VOX Sep 2019 #32

He's not as much a businessman customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #33

He did what he said: He's running us like a (his) business. NCLefty Sep 2019 #34

Trump is a con man posing as a businessman DFW Sep 2019 #35

Those folks didn't want a "crooked dirty politician" yet they supported a corrupt businessman wishstar Sep 2019 #36