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Originally Posted by New Era
Bull. The people that are turning away do so because of dog whistle language that appeals to their inner darkness. It is amazing what you can get people to do when you appeal to their fears and activate their emotions and deep-seeded biases. The problem is these people allow their emotions to drive them more so than their intellect. That is America in a nutshell. The working class continues to vote against their best interests because they believe they are a break away from being something they aren't, rich or famous. That is a complete lack of self-awareness. When they continue to display these behaviors, and continue to believe the impossible, what does that make them?
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This just reeks of contempt for the working class. As others have pointed out, you're not helping the problems with this rhetoric.
Many working class people in America (and elsewhere) have genuine and warranted fears for their economic safety in a globalized world. There are people who have to worry about how they will pay their rent and how they will feed themselves and their families. The social net in America is much less forgiving than in Canada.
Yes Trump absolutely panders to the worst and most bigoted avenues of these concerns, but that doesn't mean that genuine concerns don't exist either. Where Trump has success is that he at least knows how to pander. Hillary tried to do the same thing, and it came across as clumsy and unrelated every time.
From my experience with the college educated and liberal crowd, there are many of them with delusions of grandeur and entitlement. Your assertion that the working class are largely motivated by a desire for extravagant wealth and fame is downright bizarre.