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I know several people who are voting for Trump even though they can't stand him because they think it will send a message. It's basically a "F-U" vote. I even k
by api 10y ago
I know several people who are voting for Trump even though they can't stand him because they think it will send a message. It's basically a "F-U" vote. I even know one who supported Sanders and is now voting for Trump.
Trump and Sanders are/were both very anti-establishment candidates, and their popularity comes from the fact that both talk about the economic collapse of the American interior.
I also get a strong sense that Brexit was a "F-U" vote. It's less about ideology than just blind hatred for the establishment at this point. If you're a member of the unnecessariat you have no future and nothing to lose, and the more jobs get outsourced or automated away the larger the unnecessariat will become. This will end in either totalitarian fascism or socialism. Since it's more about hate than ideology whether we get a Putin or a Chavez probably just depends on which side (hard left or hard right) fields a more appealing and charismatic demagogue at the right time.
https://morecrows.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/unnecessariat/ https://morecrows.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/unnecessariat/
- olalonde 10y ago> It's basically a "F-U" vote Why not vote for a non establishment party then, like libertarian?
- api 10y agoDunno, but I'd guess that no chance of winning equals no chance of genuinely sending a message. The objective from what I've heard people say is to cause genuine disruption, like Brexit or electing a blowhard casino boss as President.