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Maybe Trump won't build a wall, but voting for a candidate promising X while thinking "There's no way he will actually do X" is a risky decision. Back in 2007,
by yongjik 10y ago
Maybe Trump won't build a wall, but voting for a candidate promising X while thinking "There's no way he will actually do X" is a risky decision.
Back in 2007, South Korean candidate Lee Myung-Bak won presidency while prominently selling the concept of "Grand Korean Peninsular Canal", a construction project involving building a canal diagonally through the Korean peninsula, crossing mountain ranges ~1km high. It made zero economical sense (just take a look at the map), and was widely derided by opponents.
Many of his supporters still voted for him thinking "Come on, there's no way he would actually do that!"
Well, he almost did it in the names of "Four River Restoration Project", an Orwellian-named $20B project that kept the major part of the canal plan, plastering Korea's rivers with pointless dams, which inundated riverbanks, increased flood damage, decimated freshwater ecosystem, and polluted so much riverwater that you can't use it even for farming.
Trump is now free to realize any of his promises as he sees fit, and no one will be able to say "American's didn't approve this", because he did promise them and then won based on those promises. It will be a fun ride for him.
- buckbova 10y agoA bill was voted for and passed a decade ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Fence_Act_of_2006 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Fence_Act_of_2006 Maybe some do want to build the wall.
- danso 10y ago> Maybe Trump won't build a wall, but voting for a candidate promising X while thinking "There's no way he will actually do X" is a risky decision. I think Thiel might Trump a little too much credit in the planning, just because I feel that Trump seems erratic, like when he lied about the NFL commissioner sending him a letter about the debate schedule. Not so much that he lied but -- why would you lie about such an obviously disprovable thing that is of little consequence anyway? [0] So for all we know, maybe he doesn't even hate immigration that much. On the other hand, Trump is always talking about how good he is at making deals. One of the most well-known parts of psychology when bartering is demanding a too-high/low price to set the others' expectations, and Trump could just have been doing that. But either way, he was making a clear call that he prioritized limited immigration and free trade in a way that Clinton only talked about in politically pleasing ways. I always thought it was annoying how he bragged about his deals, but if this was his mindset, then I'm impressed. But my Trump will be Trump complacency is a little mitigated by the fact that we now also have a Republican-controlled congress, and very soon, a Republican-controlled SCOTUS. So the scenario of Trump actually doing the crazy things he promised is no longer just a far hypothetical. [0] http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-denies-writing-letter-to-donald-trump-about-conflict-with-debates/ http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-denies-writing-letter-...
- mullingitover 10y ago> Trump is now free to realize any of his promises as he sees fit, and no one will be able to say "American's didn't approve this" Well, the majority of American voters didn't approve this.