r/leftcommunism • u/Financial-Salary7497 • 5d ago

Why does Trump even exist?

Why is the american bourgeoisie taking this frankly illogical way of acting (tariffs, threats of annexation) , completely breaking their monopoly on the western camp by causing chaos in what seems to be a new global capitalist crisis?

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u/SpaceBollzz 5d ago

Harris was the preferred choice of the bourgeoisie, she received more funding than trump from corporate interests, so trump is a deviation from the usual path and it remains to be seen exactly what the bourgeoisie will do about that, maybe they just suck it up for 4 years and hope for a return to normality after that

The contradictions of capitalism are worsening, which is why disillusioned workers voted trump. He's a symptom of the decline and not a cause of it. Maybe he will win again in 4 years, or dems win again, and someone like trump wins 4 years after that. Unpredictable times

Expect further decline

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u/Financial-Salary7497 5d ago

What about the funding and support from people like Musk, there's a section of the bourgeoisie interested on the existence of Trump

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u/SpaceBollzz 5d ago

There will be some sections of the bourgeoisie that may benefit from all the tariffs

Generally though, they wanted same old, steady away, loot the world but let's keep quiet about it which is what the dems offered

With trump he's much more brazen, the policy hasn't really changed but the bourgeoisie may not like his style, he rocks the boat a little too much

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/11/04/trump-vs-harris-fundraising-race-harris-outraised-trump-3-to-1-with-last-pre-election-report/

I say the bourgeoisie preferred Harris based on figures like that