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I bring up the popular vote because the original claim was: > Trump is aligned with your average American ... against your average American college professor.

I bring up the popular vote because the original claim was: > Trump is aligned with your average American ... against your average American college professor. and the popular vote is evidence that in fact the other candidate in both 2016 and 2020 was aligned with your average American. (as to college professors, although there are only <600k American college professors, which would make them "elite", in recent generations over half of Americans have had at least some college education, which means that the average American knows at least one college professor, which is not so elite. On the other hand, although I've had after-work beers with billionaires, and I'm sure you have too, I'm willing to bet that the average [modal or median, maybe even mean] American has not shared beers with any billionaires. Therefore I would find it more statistically defensible to claim: Trump's opponents in 2016 and 2020 were aligned with your average American ... against your average American billionaire.) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professors_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professors_in_the_United_State...

rayiner 3y ago
> Trump is aligned with your average American ... against your average American college professor. Your ellipses edits-out the very point I was making, the specific issue of affirmative action. Your average American is indeed aligned with Trump on affirmative action against the average college professor. And on immigration and a host of other issues. > and the popular vote is evidence that in fact the other candidate in both 2016 and 2020 was aligned with your average American. The popular vote is evidence that Trump is a crass, unstable, unlikable person, who lost the election to someone who people perceived to be a decent guy. And “billionaires” aren’t the only elites. For all of history we have recognized the people purporting to answer questions about the nature of the universe and humanity as clerical elites. University professors serve that exact same function in our society and are, in anthropological terms, properly classified as elites.
- 082349872349872 3y ago
  > The popular vote is evidence that Trump is a crass, unstable, unlikable person OK, that's a very defensible claim. Let's see how he does (on both metrics) in November?

rayiner 3y ago

> Trump is aligned with your average American ... against your average American college professor. Your ellipses edits-out the very point I was making, the specific issue of affirmative action. Your average American is indeed aligned with Trump on affirmative action against the average college professor. And on immigration and a host of other issues. > and the popular vote is evidence that in fact the other candidate in both 2016 and 2020 was aligned with your average American. The popular vote is evidence that Trump is a crass, unstable, unlikable person, who lost the election to someone who people perceived to be a decent guy. And “billionaires” aren’t the only elites. For all of history we have recognized the people purporting to answer questions about the nature of the universe and humanity as clerical elites. University professors serve that exact same function in our society and are, in anthropological terms, properly classified as elites.

082349872349872 3y ago
> The popular vote is evidence that Trump is a crass, unstable, unlikable person OK, that's a very defensible claim. Let's see how he does (on both metrics) in November?