emless

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   by emless 10y ago

   A large part of Trumps message was that Hillary was unsuitable as president. If Trump hadn't manage to get that message through and elevated that issue in favor of other issues much fewer people would have voted for him.
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   by emless 10y ago

   > This is why I agreed with Sama and not removing Thiel from YC. We have to listen to the other side and empathize so we can understand. Without that we all lose. I think the point of opposing Thiel at YC have been lost on HN. It wasn&#x
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   by emless 10y ago

   With the risk of sounding "smug", I think most of this thread offers a poor analysis of the election. The reason Trump won is, presumably, to a large extent that he managed to make his message more relevant. If this election would