I understand what you mean but I would say the capitalist institutions were structurally sound and able to perperetuate capitalism/imperialism effectively across the continent and the world. I am not implying that Trump is an aberration of the system, but there is a difference in both the public faith in and competency of these institutions since 2016.
The capitalist institutions were already partly dysfunctional as evidenced by the 2008 financial crisis, American-led world order was already slowly unravelling, which allowed Trump to get power and accelerate that process tenfold.
The US institutions were already completely rotten, this is why Trump was able to become president at all.
I understand what you mean but I would say the capitalist institutions were structurally sound and able to perperetuate capitalism/imperialism effectively across the continent and the world. I am not implying that Trump is an aberration of the system, but there is a difference in both the public faith in and competency of these institutions since 2016.
The capitalist institutions were already partly dysfunctional as evidenced by the 2008 financial crisis, American-led world order was already slowly unravelling, which allowed Trump to get power and accelerate that process tenfold.
Yes exactly