If Americans want to live in Bedford Falls, why did they elect Mr. Potter, who promises misery, bigotry, and theft?

[yaesu]

Most of us live in Bedford Falls, where our lives are filled with hard working and goodhearted people. We’re friendly and affable and we look out for others. Immigrants like Mr. Martini have opportunities to work hard and join our community. The elderly, the poor, and those down on their luck get help to make their lives better.

When people are afraid and the economy crashes — when there’s a run on the bank and the savings and loan, we don’t exploit fears, we seek to calm the situation, and do what’s best for everyone. We sing songs and wish each other Merry Christmas.

In Bedford Falls, U.S.A, we’re all in this together., But not everyone is happy in Bedford Falls., An angry, bitter billionaire is alone on Christmas Eve.

The culmination of a lifetime devoted to greed and selfishness, he has no reason to be angry and yet anger is all he has. Mr. Potter exploits and looks down on regular, working people.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithonthefringe/2024/12/why-did-americans-elect-mr-potter/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. For the same reason that the residents of the movie Bedford Falls

were ready to run to Potter during the run on the bank: they were desperate to get anything vs. losing it all.

Remember how swayed the crowds initially were when one man ran into the Savings & Loan, announcing that Potter was paying 10 cents on the dollar? If George Bailey hadn't jumped in and offered them their money at 100% with his own assets, they would have gone to Potter.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris couldn't compete with Trump/Potter's fearmongering. They were sincere but couldn't overcome the fear that Trump created.

[Demsrule86]

2. This is one of my favorite movies Potter was not elected...he was a banker appointed to stuff.I

'Within the events of the film's storyline, Mr. Potter serves as the film's antagonist. Elderly, disabled, and miserly, Potter owns most of the businesses in the fictitious town of Bedford Falls, including the bank. One business that he does not completely own is the Bailey Brothers Building & Loan, though he holds a minority stake giving him a seat on the company's board of directors. The Building & Loan is a constant source of aggravation for him, not only because of its perpetual failure to earn a profit, but also because the Building & Loan causes him to lose renters for what George Bailey calls "slums," as the mortgages it provides enable the renters to buy their own homes, many of which are in a subdivision called "Bailey Park". Over the course of the film, Potter makes several failed attempts to have the Building & Loan shut down. These attempts comprise nearly all of Potter's scenes in the film.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Potter#:~:text=Henry%20F.%20Potter%20(commonly%20referred,to%20as%20Mr.&text=Potter%20or%20just%20Potter)%20is,Barrymore.%20Potter%20is%20a%20robber

It is also fiction.'