[xtiansimon]

> “The weirdest part to me is that people still don’t seem to understand this?”

The weirdest part will be any middle class worker who doesn’t later say, _I was a supporter, because I believed he would bring back manufacturing and jobs. I was wrong._ Everyone else is a cultist or wealthy.

[lazide]

The last couple guys in recent memory who did this kind of thing weren’t (actually) good for wealthy people either. Germany and Italy didn’t exactly do well in the whole ‘preservation of Capital’ angle at the end of the war.

[xtiansimon]

> "...weren’t (actually) good for wealthy people either..."

Especially if you're invested in adding to the US's electrical capacity: GOP Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44421749)

[lazide]

I was more referring to torches and pitchforks (or tanks and bombs) when the angry ‘others’ eventually get enough momentum while fighting back.