What Sanders, and Trump both do (in somewhat different ways) is capture the despair of their voting base. A despair that the political establishment can never be reformed or revolutionized. That every four years will come along another grey individual in a grey suit making the same promises that turn grey after three years in office.
The National Review had a great article about Trump's mockery of political correctness, and his surprising astuteness in judging, and characterizing the moronic inefficacy of his fellow Republican candidates. I don't know if Trump will win, but part me of thinks that he has to win, or at least come close.
Looking at the USA from 30,000 feet, one really sees a country in total disarray. The middle class is split, with the upper half doing quite well, or at least holding steady, and the lower half falling more, and more into the squalor of an underclass. One only has to look at the utter destruction of the American family to know how difficult it is to live a dignified, relational life as an average American these days. This hopelessness feeds into all of the other Trump flashpoints, like immigration, employment, and the military.
Meanwhile, Sanders seems like the kind of populist that might actually tax the crap out of the wealthy American oligarchs.
Last edited by peter12; 08-31-2015 at 10:15 AM.
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