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MAGA and what it means

Make America Great Again


This is not asked in order to jeer, really I wondered exactly what section to post this in.

But I'm asking :- WHEN was America GREAT?

I'd like to know just what those in MAGA hats see as "greatness", what age are we talking about.

(I'm in the UK and often those who voted for Brexit seemed to have some sort of idea of a golden age in the past that was lost, and needed to be regained. The days of Empire! The spirit of the blitz!)

Was it when "men were men"? An age when someone born the very lowest could yet reach the very highest? Do we go back to the Wild West?

I read once a biography of Harry Truman. I was greatly impressed by the man. Maybe others would not agree.

Well, I'm rambling a bit, but my question remains - and I have genuine interest. Not looking for disputes and mud slinging.

Just asking. When exactly was America great, and of what did such greatness consist?

Thanks
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Every generation, the Right says we need to go back to when things were great, back before that new thing came along and ruined everything. The time they're referring to is usually about twenty years ago.

This is why the Right is so vulnerable to conspiracy theories. They need an explanation as to what caused that new thing which ruined everything, and that lends itself to some wacky thinking about a nefarious outside force that now poisons our country.
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