Good article on why Trump appeals to people

[Ben Thomson]

Trump brought out in us, as a society, all the ugliness that we have tried to stamp out for two hundred plus years. Trump proved we will never stamp out systematic racism...https://www.washingtonpost.com/ente...a08a4e-1f7d-11eb-ba21-f2f001f0554b_story.html

 

[Votto]

Does a systemically racist society elect Barak Obama and then Commie Harris?

Racism is an unfortunate condition of the human condition. It will never be stamped out no matter what form of government you have in place and no matter if those in government are not racist.

But how do you measure "systemic"? That is the key because it is simply being used by the Left to demonize the US and change it into something completely different than what it is today.

You would think that instead of the Dims wanting to turn Puerto Rico into a US state, they would be seeking to give them back their independence and make them an independent country instead of a US territory to free them from systemic racism they insist exists.. But alas, the hypocrites just want more Senate seats and know that the people of Puerto Rico would all benefit from becoming a US state overnight.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Yep. Engage most Trump supporters in a conversation about why they support him, and it inevitably leads back to the same place. The abject hatred and dislike of anything that isn't white, heterosexual, and believes in God.
Trump tapped into a whole two generations of white grievance that these people's parents and family drilled into them growing up. Trump just came along and made it OK to voice those grievances out loud.

 

[jbrownson0831]

Trump brought out in us, as a society, all the ugliness that we have tried to stamp out for two hundred plus years. Trump proved we will never stamp out systematic racism...https://www.washingtonpost.com/ente...a08a4e-1f7d-11eb-ba21-f2f001f0554b_story.html

Wow another libber Pollyparrot......the true racists complaining about racism.

 

[MarcATL]

OP, but how come w/all that appeal to the masses ole Trumpboy wasn't able to win again?

 

[Oddball]

Warshington Compost....*yawn*

 

[MarcATL]

Yep. Engage most Trump supporters in a conversation about why they support him, and it inevitably leads back to the same place. The abject hatred and dislike of anything that isn't white, heterosexual, and believes in God.
Trump tapped into a whole two generations of white grievance that these people's parents and family drilled into them growing up. Trump just came along and made it OK to voice those grievances out loud.

It's not a real belief in God though, Christians don't act, behave, talk or support like these heathens do.

 

[Ben Thomson]

OP, but how come w/all that appeal to the masses ole Trumpboy wasn't able to win again?

About 5 million more votes might explain why. We are wondering why supposedly intelligent people would vote for Trump. Read the article

 

[TNHarley]

I knew it was about racism before i even clicked on the thread.
What a fuckin shitshow

 

[Tom Paine 1949]

Not a good article. A piss poor article in fact. Of course it is true that Trump’s populism was embraced by conscious and barely conscious white supremacists. But identifying white supremacy with Trumpism — treating one as essentially equivalent to the other and ignoring the much broader grievances and historical roots MAGA tapped into — this is all wrong.

That such a pathetic human being as Trump was elected in 2016 and almost re-elected in 2020, even after the country elected Obama, shows that one cannot simply see everything solely in terms of racism. To do so, or to ignore other failures of our increasingly inegalitarian and dysfunctional economic and political system, will only guarantee further Trump-like victories. Excesses and obsessions of “liberal culture” must also be addressed.

We live in a world of giant corporations and global economics, of global competition, but our overall culture and political system is utterly unprepared to face up to this changing reality. Rationally and creatively addressing world problems, and recognizing clearly the role U.S. economic imperialism plays in perpetuating many of them, is also absolutely necessary.