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Old 09-12-2016, 02:54 PM   #11628
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Originally Posted by wittynickname View Post
The problem with this argument is that Trump absolutely 100% personifies those corporate interests. If he becomes President, he just skips through the lobbyist middleman part of the equation. He takes full advantage of current policies that allow him to outsource production of his clothing line, etc for pennies on the dollar. He takes advantage of cheap immigrant labor for his casinos and other properties.
I'm not sure if you're expecting a debate on this? My post wasn't defending this viewpoint, it was offering an example of what a valid rational argument for Trump would be, to which I said there were valid counterarguments, a few of which you've listed. I'd point out that using personification leans more toward the emotional than the rational, but the way you used it, it's more rhetoric than anything.
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