(03-15-2019, 10:21 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(03-14-2019, 11:00 PM)Last42min Wrote: Ok. You got a source for this information? I'm happy to change my mind if you can prove your point.

A source for an interpretation? No, I'm the source. The presentation is matter of distinction without difference in the groupings as presented. You think the right end of that spectrum isn't full of angry people? You think the left end of that spectrum isn't full of white people? Passive libs are "disillusioned" but Moderates are "pessimistic", no meaningful difference, and both of the previous two groups could be labeled the same things. Not one of the groups is labeled anything positive like "happy" or "optimistic", this spectrum is just who is griping in what manner. Poppycock.

Disillusioned means you're letting go of things you trusted in the past. you may be ready to trust new things, in fact you may have already found new things to trust in.

pessimistic has nothing to do with your past experience but just means that you think, regardless of what you do, the future will be inferior to the present and the past.

The two things are very different. Trump was a lot more clever than many people give him credit for because he said very pessimistic things while still inviting them to trust him because he was an outsider. 

Obama was effective at speaking to disillusioned people but he was optimistic.

Winston Churchill was effective at putting forward a pessimistic point of view (that the war sacrifices would be very difficult) while still being trustworthy.

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