Tariffs
Tariffs
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I still have a hard time understanding how people come to support Trump. Like what led people to become like this? I can't wrap my head around it. It's like supporting someone who is bullying you.
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I still have a hard time understanding how people come to support Trump. Like what led people to become like this?
It is never just one reason, it is a myriad of different reasons compounding and mixing with each other. Intentional dumbing down of population, genuine economic anxiety, wealth inequality, algorithm corralling people into their own information bubble leading to polarisation, etc. It is important to put yourself into one's shoes and think why they think that way. You don't have to agree with the viewpoint you disagree, you just have to understand. Understanding is the key to defeating extremism.
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Don't forget about the opposition party abandoning large swaths of the country because they're too hard to win in.
If only one team shows up, then that's the team you're rooting for.
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Yes and no. There are places that are 90% tribalistic and won't vote for the opposing party. But more often than not, there are party flip in regions that used to be reliable for one party, but switch to another party. That is what happened with former industrial manufacturing hubs in Appalachia and Midwest when they used to vote Democrats, but switched to Republican thanks to jobs outsourcing. The working class weren't provided with alternatives. Their people left, communities abandoned with no prospect, many became depressed and resort to substance abuse leading to both personal and generational trauma. These communities are ripe for emotional manipulation by demagogues.
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sabotage of education systems, propaganda and tribalism
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I take great pleasure in seeing Trump paraphernalia being removed from people's homes and cars.
But I honestly can't believe there are still people proudly showing it. Flapping their ignorance and foolishness around for everyone to see. Cover your shame!
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People don't seem to vote for a candidate any more.
They vote against the other one...
And that does seem to be something both sides are guilty of. They don't know what they want. They just know what they don't want.
The fact that I even say "both sides" is a sign the political systems have failed.
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That’s the way it has always been.
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They don’t know what they want. They just know what they don’t want.
So simple, but that explains a lot.
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Big part of it is his supporters are detached from reality. They have a faith-based belief system.
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A lot of his supporters are born Republicans. Their parents voted Republican, and their grandparents. To them voting Republican isn't a choice, it's what's expected of them. They don't participate in the Republican party, they just consume it, like American's consume everything else. Those people will never once question why they're voting that way, it's what their parents did, their community does, and it's what their children will probably do too.
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