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Trump is a symptom, not the cause, and moreover the idea that the USian citizenry has any actual input in which candidates are fronted for elections is also wrong. It's a two-party duopoly, both controlled by Capital.
Sure but you can derive some very dooming judgement from they way they wield that apparent control they were granted.
The duopoli machination is a machination if they get pushed toward the lesser evil and still get fucked. If they pick the obvious evil, does it matter how fake is the alternative?
The US doesn't have mandatory voting, and voting is winner-take-all at a state level, meaning votes outside swing states do not matter. Further, both candidates are pre-selected by the bourgeoisie, it isn't about lesser-evilism, it's theatrics to obfuscate how little power the Working Class actually has.
Biden also increased tariffs on China. You can point to pretty much any policy that Trump is doing/planning on doing and you will find one of 4 outcomes
The case of tariffs is option 4.
That's my point.
So the duopoly machination is a machination?
Yes.
They show you a terrible option so that the shitty option looks good in comparison.
My point is, the terrible option got somehow picked.