america was never a better place than it was from 1880-1914. today's elites are not the same people who were elite in 1880, they are parasites who are only able to maintain their power through state intervention.  it's for that reason that i think you're wrong that trump idolizes the 1880s, he would tell you that america was great in the 1940s and 50s, the same thing every one of today's republicans who are actually new deal democrats in costumes would say.
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