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Why do you think it happened? I'm asking in good faith because I am in a liberal bubble, and I feel strongly that more empathy and willingness to listen is need

Why do you think it happened? I'm asking in good faith because I am in a liberal bubble, and I feel strongly that more empathy and willingness to listen is needed from my cohort.

msravi 10y ago
Hypocrisy. At least here in India, the hypocrisy of what is labeled the "liberal left" is nauseating. - I clamor for women's rights but when a certain religion is guilty of trampling over women's rights, I go quiet - I clamor for equality before law but when a certain religion asks for different laws for different religions, I go quiet People don't take too lightly to their sense of fairness being trampled over, and this feeling of unfairness seems to be a cause for growing discontent.
- sg47 10y ago
  I think that's because people don't want to get killed. That 'certain religion' is known for mindlessly killing people. No, I'm not talking about Buddhism.
  - vixen99 10y ago
    Sounds like a pretty good strategy for achieving the goal made utterly clear by the source writings. I trust the latter expression is sufficiently euphemistic.
Clubber 10y ago
It really depends on the state / region. He promised a lot of things. If I had to pick one of the biggest ones, it would be: Automation, globalization, and anti-unionization have been pushing down wages for 30+ years. Government policies by both parties seem to do nothing but speed up the process, particularly in globalization. The only thing the Dems had to offer was social safety net, but most people would rather have better paying jobs. The Republicans only offered rhetoric and an extra helping of anti-unionization. Also, I don't think a vote for Trump is for the GOP or their policies. The GOP was the platform Trump used to get elected (as he slashed and burned their policies). I think the vote was anti-establishment (anti-GOP and anti-Dem). It could be a sign of just how economically desperate many people in the red areas are. Also, it's very difficult / rare for a party to get a third term in recent history.
- remarkEon 10y ago
  > The only thing the Dems had to offer was social safety net, but most people would rather have better paying jobs. I'm not from one of the "Brexit States", but my family is spread across much of the rural Midwest and that sentence expresses their feelings quite succinctly. One family member, during a conversation about tech, volunteered that he thinks self-driving trucks will destroy much of what's left of the patchwork of small towns remaining near where he lives. No more relatively predictable income from truckers at diners and gas stations when the battery powered robots never have to stop for food or gas.

Why do you think it happened? I'm asking in good faith because I am in a liberal bubble, and I feel strongly that more empathy and willingness to listen is needed from my cohort.

msravi 10y ago

Hypocrisy. At least here in India, the hypocrisy of what is labeled the "liberal left" is nauseating. - I clamor for women's rights but when a certain religion is guilty of trampling over women's rights, I go quiet - I clamor for equality before law but when a certain religion asks for different laws for different religions, I go quiet People don't take too lightly to their sense of fairness being trampled over, and this feeling of unfairness seems to be a cause for growing discontent.

sg47 10y ago
I think that's because people don't want to get killed. That 'certain religion' is known for mindlessly killing people. No, I'm not talking about Buddhism.
- vixen99 10y ago
  Sounds like a pretty good strategy for achieving the goal made utterly clear by the source writings. I trust the latter expression is sufficiently euphemistic.

Clubber 10y ago

It really depends on the state / region. He promised a lot of things. If I had to pick one of the biggest ones, it would be: Automation, globalization, and anti-unionization have been pushing down wages for 30+ years. Government policies by both parties seem to do nothing but speed up the process, particularly in globalization. The only thing the Dems had to offer was social safety net, but most people would rather have better paying jobs. The Republicans only offered rhetoric and an extra helping of anti-unionization. Also, I don't think a vote for Trump is for the GOP or their policies. The GOP was the platform Trump used to get elected (as he slashed and burned their policies). I think the vote was anti-establishment (anti-GOP and anti-Dem). It could be a sign of just how economically desperate many people in the red areas are. Also, it's very difficult / rare for a party to get a third term in recent history.

remarkEon 10y ago
> The only thing the Dems had to offer was social safety net, but most people would rather have better paying jobs. I'm not from one of the "Brexit States", but my family is spread across much of the rural Midwest and that sentence expresses their feelings quite succinctly. One family member, during a conversation about tech, volunteered that he thinks self-driving trucks will destroy much of what's left of the patchwork of small towns remaining near where he lives. No more relatively predictable income from truckers at diners and gas stations when the battery powered robots never have to stop for food or gas.