I am younger. Please help me understand,Is this how it felt when they elected actor "Ronald Reagan?"

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16. although both right-wing, reagan was a world of difference.

reagan was (certainly in rhetoric), a very "principled" man. we democrats certainly disagreed with those "principles", but at least it had the benefit of making him very predictable. we could negotiation, react, make deals, etc., knowing where he stood.

reagan did much damage during his tenure, but democrats could work with him, the economy did improve for the most part (not that he deserved much credit), etc.


with trump, there doesn't appear to be any silver lining in that dark, dark cloud. he's not predictable, he's corrupt, he's thin-skinned, he's volatile, his primary motivation is personal and family enrichment, he's extremely ignorant, he's far more overtly bigoted than reagan, etc.

time will tell, but i'm expecting democrats to be largely shut out. yeah, maybe the token one or two conservadems sign on and they pretend it's "bipartisan", but i'm expecting only a choice between a couple of right-wing plans on any subject.

i'm expecting a recession, a war, yet more extreme income/wealth gap, more corruption, more overt bigotry/sexism, etc.. nothing good in the next four years.