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I think people need to look at the bigger issues. What caused 70 million people to vote for trump and what caused a mob to descend onto the government building

I think people need to look at the bigger issues. What caused 70 million people to vote for trump and what caused a mob to descend onto the government building in the first place. People on the other side of the wealth divide sense something is wrong with this country but are unable to put their finger on what. Attacks on tech workers is really a surface level issue. Misguided radicalism happens in places with deep economic issues caused by things that are too complex to completely reason out. What causes wealth inequality? Nobody can put their finger on it but people will make up a reason if they have too. Usually that reason involves attacking anyone and any symbol on the other side of the wealth divide.

ahelwer 6y ago
This myth that trump supporters are humble working class people needs to end. These are people with money. Guns are expensive. Travel is expensive. These people have means. See this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/13/white-trump-voters-are-richer-than-they-appear/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/13/white-tru... Just because someone wears Carhartt and drives a kitted-out truck doesn't mean they're working class. That's a costume, and you were fooled.
- Geminidog 6y ago
  https://www.bruegel.org/2016/11/income-inequality-boosted-trump-vote/ https://www.bruegel.org/2016/11/income-inequality-boosted-tr... https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/03/americas-inequality-election/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/03/americas-inequality-ele... My conclusions are based on data. Which further fuels the confusion. We can engage in an endless argument on who’s data is garbage and who’s is not
  - ahelwer 6y ago
    Look at median income and things are different: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps-working-class-support/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps...

ahelwer 6y ago

This myth that trump supporters are humble working class people needs to end. These are people with money. Guns are expensive. Travel is expensive. These people have means. See this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/13/white-trump-voters-are-richer-than-they-appear/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/13/white-tru... Just because someone wears Carhartt and drives a kitted-out truck doesn't mean they're working class. That's a costume, and you were fooled.

Geminidog 6y ago
https://www.bruegel.org/2016/11/income-inequality-boosted-trump-vote/ https://www.bruegel.org/2016/11/income-inequality-boosted-tr... https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/03/americas-inequality-election/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/03/americas-inequality-ele... My conclusions are based on data. Which further fuels the confusion. We can engage in an endless argument on who’s data is garbage and who’s is not
- ahelwer 6y ago
  Look at median income and things are different: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps-working-class-support/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps...