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Wow, yes that would end it. Doubtful but not unimaginable. Coastal and white collar America simply do not understand that rural, interior, and blue collar Amer
by api 11y ago
Wow, yes that would end it. Doubtful but not unimaginable.
Coastal and white collar America simply do not understand that rural, interior, and blue collar America have been stuck in a depression since 2000. The downhill slide actually started in the 70s, but by 2000 the engine ran out of oil and started to grind metal.
People hear Trump trolling and race baiting and think that's the reason for his support. There are a small number of people who go for that stuff but his real support comes from his (probably empty) promise to do something about this.
Trump could smear himself with cream cheese and cover himself with feathers and cluck like a chicken at the debates, and if he promised to do something about labor arbitrage (a.k.a. "free" but hugely unequal trade) he would get double digit support at least.
Bernie Sanders is also riding the same wave by the way. He would also be an unthinkable candidate a few years ago. Go visit St. Louis or Cleveland or much of rural America and you'll see stuff that resembles Russia in 1991. It's at collapse of society levels in a few places.