Reminder that Donald Trump is the first Republican nominee in over 60 years to oppose free trade and favor high tariffs to the tune of up to 45% tax on consumer goods.
This is the first election since the last major realignment where a Republican favors more government intervention in markets and higher taxes on US consumers to artificially prop up government hand-selected industries and companies from the harsh reality of competition.
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politicalcompass.org
independent.co.uk
reason.com
thefederalist.com
washingtonpost.com
mrctv.org
theguardian.com
youtube.com
twitter.com
Source: politicalcompass.org
Notice most Republican candidates are further to the right than Clinton. Trump is the only one who sits left of Clinton economically.
>Notice most Republican candidates are further to the right than Clinton. Trump is the only one who sits left of Clinton economically.
Not in the same graph that includes the other Republican candidates with Trump.
>artificially prop up government hand-selected industries and companies from the harsh reality of competition
So what? The United States has the most powerful military on the planet, but is forbidden from using it to protect their economic interests. That's unfair. If you guys aren't allowed to use the military to take what you want from other countries and attain an economic advantage, it makes no sense to let these companies operating in other countries free access to your markets.
political compass is libertarian garbage. If Trump is 9/10 on the authoritarianism axis does that mean that Stalin or Hitler are only incrementally more authoritarian than him? So, like, one party dictatorship, purges and gullags are just one step away from "build a wall"?
Also, grouping all the candidates from every major party in the UK and the US in the same quadrant is just "really makes you think" tier.
Trump's positions changed from primary to general
And any of the other Republicans could have changed from the primary to the general, too. So, conflating the two graphs is presumptive and worthless, really, since at this point there is only one Republican candidate.
>So, like, one party dictatorship, purges and gullags are just one step away from "build a wall"?
Trump's authoritarianism goes far beyond "build a wall".
>Donald Trump wants to ban the internet, plans to ask Bill Gates to ‘close it up’
independent.co.uk
>Trump has trashed free speech, religious liberty, property rights, and limits on executive power.
reason.com
>Trump wants to end freedom of the press
thefederalist.com
>Trump adviser has proposed that a President Trump seek retribution against CNN: “Turn off their FCC license.”
washingtonpost.com
>Trump Wants Reporter Banned From TV, Fined By FCC
mrctv.org
>Donald Trump pledges to curb press freedom through libel laws
theguardian.com
>Trump says 'freedom of speech is foolish', calls for widespread censorship and to "close the internet up"
youtube.com
I personally think comparing Trump to Hitler is a complete misnomer, it not only normalizes Hitler but completely ignores the unique situation and person that is Trump.
In terms of nationalism, it is without a doubt opposite of "libertarian" on the libertarian-authoritarian axis. The wall and muslim ban proposals are much more nationalist (and authoritarian) than previous Republican nominees. Add his Bernie Sanders trade policy in there, and I can see why he would be distanced from Republicans and conservatives on the political compass.
>not knowing anything about US politics
No, Trump is a radical departure from the GOP policies of the past half century. His opposition to free trade is a sentiment that has lived in the far-left fringes of the Democratic Party for decades (see: Bernie Sanders). Pat Buchanan is the only comparison to Trump that I can think of (anti-free trade, nationalist, socially conservative) and he was endorsed by the U.S. Socialist Party in 2000.
Also, none of the other Republican candidates would ever propose raising the minimum wage.
Thanks for correcting the record!
wtf, i used to be a drumpf supporter until i saw your post, now i'm a #cruzmissile
Everyone knows that but your graphs don't support it except by conflation. My point is get your fucking evidence right.
>sanders
>not an authoritarian kike gun grabbing shit bag
Don't trust this shit, not op or yours. I'm further to the left economically than trump according to your alls posts.
Lol i bet you believe Trump is going to ban porn because the (((media))) says he is. Its funny how its all ok for Europeans to ban free speach but trump suggests that mainstream media shouldnt print flat out lies hes literally Stalin and Hitler
Text TRUMP to 88022 or get the Official "AMERICA FIRST" app for important campaign updates
>Text TRUMP to 88022 or get the Official "AMERICA FIRST" app for important campaign updates
Text TRUMP to 88022 or get the Official "AMERICA FIRST" app for important campaign updates
>Text TRUMP to 88022 or get the Official "AMERICA FIRST" app for important campaign updates
Text TRUMP to 88022 or get the Official "AMERICA FIRST" app for important campaign updates
>Text TRUMP to 88022 or get the Official "AMERICA FIRST" app for important campaign updates
The Trump campaign has been a major success story in relating to marginalized white virgin male NEETs via memes.
I can't wait until this election is over, you paid faggots leave and we can go back to being a libertarian board.
political discussion or btfo you dumb faggot
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You mean lies like how trump didn't really oppose the war on Iraq like he said from the beginning? Trump calls anything he doesn't like being said about him a lie.
Please don't make me defend the kike media but don't be deluded enough to think trump is some gift of free speech either.
Good, you shouldn't, but it's from the exact same place. It's not OC.
Lmao trump is already flip flopping?
>we can go back to being a libertarian board
this meme needs to end.
>hillary clinton lower on authoritarian
>wants to ban guns and limit free speech
ayyy
Confirmed CTR newfag. This board was stormfag haven for a while until the election turned the board populist
Your shit is painful to read newkike
Just stop
Free markets, like free love, are degenerate. There is no such thing as "free". There is always a cost. Traditional conservatives understand this.
No, you clueless faggot, stormfags have always been a very small minority.
This board was Ron Paul headquarters for years before you newfags came here. We all know this, apparently you don't.
Oh look, it's another "Neoconservative cuckold from the Council on Foreign Relations tries to explain why borders and economic self-interest are bad, and monolithic superstate free trade agreements with mass immigration are good" episode.
Kill yourself OP
In 2014 we had daily hitler and nazi germany circlejerk threads as well as far more ww2 threads. This board is definitely gotten alot less nazi than it once was
Ron Paulberg faggots left years ago. Stormfags left within the last year to go to cripple/pol/.
Elections always make the board go to shit and you would know this if you'd been here for "ROMNEY WILL WIN HURRRRRRRRRRRRR"
>2014
hahahaha
>not knowing that stormfags are all unemployed and post disproportionately more than the rest of Cred Forums
stormfags have always been the minority, you could always see this when 5 o-clock EST rolled around and the unemployed stormfag threads slid to give way to more substantive political discussion and ron paulism from the working adults (aka libertarians).
>Hillary
>less authoritarian
>Believing a chart made by a literal poo in the loo
Youre acting like this board was ron paul haven before the election when it really was stormfront tier since the end of 2012-a/pol/calyse 2014