This deserves more nuance. Trump didn’t win for this reason alone, but if his weren’t the case, Trump would not have won. The main reason Trump won was the voi

This deserves more nuance. Trump didn’t win for this reason alone, but if his weren’t the case, Trump would not have won. The main reason Trump won was the void of lost self-identity of so many Americans. In such a scenario, that void is often filled by becoming the antithesis to the external identities that seem to have robbed the person’s own identity. None of this would be such a big deal if it weren’t for the overwhelming tension of mass media and rapidly changing technology and swindling of corporations. Then there’s the Mexicans who took the construction jobs, the homosexuals who made feminine males acceptable, the computers that have to be learned at age 50 just to get through the day. The whole world seems to be telling middle aged average Americans that they are outdated unless they get young again, and telling some younger Americans that they can’t follow in their parent’s footsteps like they had hoped to. Combined with a dwindling income, these things are sure to be very angering. The resurgence of outward racism is an ignorant and immature desperation for self-identity. It’s not excusable, but it’s also not happening in a vacuum. Corporate America absolutely created this environment, not to hurt others, but to help themselves. But it did hurt others, they didn’t care, and they still don’t. As much as my emotions would like to, I can’t blame these people for voting against Hillary. She embodies all of it, and absolutely does not care. Voting for Trump was really stupid but voting against Hillary was just a given. I went with Bernie myself.