36 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Sep \ on: Please help me understand Trump bitcoin
I've voted more than once, but like you, I haven't done it in a long time.
I don't find people's support of Trump particularly confusing, though. Many people feel like Trump doesn't despise them and everything they care about, which is enough to elevate him above regime approved politicians.
I think he's best understood as a big middle finger to the regime.
Nice. I guess, I could see this.
If I think of a middle finger to the regime, I would not think of a grumpy rich old white guy who inherited his fortune and used the system to be even more rich though.
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Neither would I, if I were designing him from scratch, but I think people are responding to the ruling elite's reaction to Trump. They hate him with a deranged passion that I've never seen. That makes him the best available repudiation, in many people's eyes.
I spent a lot of effort trying to understand Trump after he won the first time, because I also found the whole thing perplexing. This is the best I've come up with.
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Trump is a political and DC outsider.
He was also an outsider in Manhattan. Despite his wealth, he was shunned by NY elite/insiders during the 1990s and beyond.
People assume because he has money he must be an insider.
Being a billionaire means that Trump can't be purchased like Obama and Clinton and most of DC.
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Trump is not grumpy.
He didn't inherit all his fortune. The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice were produced by him and his brand.
Your thinking is misplaced. Look at the political prosecutions vs Trump. Trump is an outsider who is hated by DC insiders.
Russia collusion was a pack of lies.
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