Angry White Male Caucus-Paul Krugman opedXpost from Editorial

[irisblue]

The Angry White Male Caucus Trumpism is all about the fear of losing traditional privilege.
By Paul Krugman


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/opinion/kavanaugh-white-male-privilege.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytopinion
Long article, worth the read IMO

snip..."There have been many studies of the forces driving Trump support, and in particular the rage that is so pervasive a feature of the MAGA movement. What Thursday’s hearing drove home, however, was that white male rage isn’t restricted to blue-collar guys in diners. It’s also present among people who’ve done very well in life’s lottery, whom you would normally consider very much part of the elite."


snip..."What distinguished Trump voters was, instead, racial resentment. Furthermore, this resentment was and is driven not by actual economic losses at the hands of minority groups, but by fear of losing status in a changing country, one in which the privilege of being a white man isn’t what it used to be.

And here’s the thing: It’s perfectly possible for a man to lead a comfortable, indeed enviable life by any objective standard, yet be consumed with bitterness driven by status anxiety."

snip..."And this sort of high-end resentment, the anger of highly privileged people who nonetheless feel that they aren’t privileged enough or that their privileges might be eroded by social change, suffuses the modern conservative movement."


end of my 4 paragraph quotes.

[NewJeffCT]

1. Krugman is onto something here

solution on our side is GOTV

[radical noodle]

2. I've always believed trump's popularity

was due to the fear of being in the minority. Having a black president scared them to death.