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by ananonymoususer 1497 days ago
Managing decline is not a plan for survival. No matter what you think of Trump, this was one of his primary policy issues, and is the basis for the "Make America Great Again" slogan.
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The creedo has a more specific and probably incorrect message: " we are broken, we need to be fixed. (Implied) I'll fix things". It's easy to attract conservative minded people as a rally cry to your cause when you reach for a nostalgic rhetoric about "the good ol' days" fallacy. Much divergent from the often left leaning "we can build a better future" which should probably also be considered a fallacy.

Back on topic, I don't think the electioneering slogan had any actual policy significance.

Managing decline is not a plan for survival.

And revanchism is? What Trump was trying to make happen "again" wasn't all that great the first time, except for those at the very top.