(04-01-2024, 08:49 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I think a lot of unhappy people who think they haven't reached their potential in life take the easy explanation, and that is, that powerful dark forces are conspiring against them.  That makes them feel better.  And then some of them gravitate to the man on the white horse who can save us all.  They ignore his glaring weaknesses- ignorance, dishonesty, and complete lack of qualifications- because he is the hero who is going to fight these sinister dark forces: the elites, the deep state, the rich.  They demonize the rich because they are not rich.  They invent a "deep state."  They feel better because the man on the white horse expresses their grievances about life and promises if they will return him to power he will fix everything.  In spite of not having done so the first time he was in power.  And there's no one else.  He's the only one.

This is boogeyman politics. 

I am college educated with a major in poli-sci. I do well for myself. I'm married to a doctor. We're doing fine. I know plenty of VERY rich Trump supporters. For you to try to diminish the concerns people have for this country to them being poor and stupid is ridiculous. It's the root cause of your bias. You judge because you think you are better than others. Get over yourself.

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