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Lets start with a very bad assumption that people mostly make rational choices and want good things to happen to themselves and their country fellows. In this
by yanilkr 10y ago
Lets start with a very bad assumption that people mostly make rational choices and want good things to happen to themselves and their country fellows.
In this assumption, people who support Trump do not see him the way his non-supporters see him. His non supporters see hateful things around Trump. They see xenophobia, they see his plain speaking as intellectually insufficient, they see his aggressive attitude as a risky behavior based on similarities with dictators.
People who like him see him as someone who can speak politically incorrect like them and who has some wealth, success and power and hope that he might be the one that can represent them and do good.
This is battle of people who want good to win at the end. This is where things turned bad and this would be a costly mistake. The people who hate him, took moral responsibility to stop him because they truly believe they are stopping next hitler. It was disturbing to see google getting in the mix and fix the auto suggestions and google news against trump. I believe that they believe that they are doing for the good of everyone.
This in-general a very very bad and dangerous path to fix the election with media and tech firms leading the way to stop trump. Like someone said this is an American Spring. Many Americans feel left behind. Their anger and desire to thrive will turn to extreme conditions if they are suppressed longer. This is not particle physics where the projectile will stop abruptly because of the election, this is a wave and its physics is much different.
Tech companies already lost their good will by mixing with NSA and now if they continue this path and use their privilege to stop suppressed people, it might take decades to regain that trust. We are the good guys, tech has to liberate people, we might be the next wall street if we directly involve in picking and choosing the rulers.