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And being rich makes him a celebrity in this country, and if you're rich and/or a celebrity in this country, you and your opinion are held in higher regard than are regular people and their opinions.
It goes back at least to the Reagan years, where that poor excuse for an American said that he believed that America was still a place where anyone could become a millionaire. Not that they could become a great teacher, or scientist, or lawyer, or humanitarian...or grow up to be president. A millionaire, like making money was the defining trait of what it means to be American.
Since then, we have seen the adulation of the rich grow from a cottage industry into a full-blown political leg of American life. The rich are paraded on TV to opine on every subject imaginable. I guess the idea is that if you've figured out how to be rich, why, you must be smarter than the vast percentage of Americans who aren't rich. It matters not if your wealth was inherited (like Trump) or earned by the sweat of your brow, or because you came up with an idea at the right time that just took off (Facebook, Apple). If you're rich, well, we want to hear from you!
I'm convinced that the disdain many R pundits hold for poor people is based on the fact that they themselves are rich, rich simply because they toe the RW line, spew the lies and are well compensated for their lies. Deep down inside, they realize that they're not worth all that money. They realize that their careers are something of a sham. But realizing this, they can't believe that all those poor people haven't been able to figure out how easy it is to get rich. Hell, look at me! I really have nothing to offer, and yet, I'm filthy rich. How hard can it be? If you can't figure out how to get rich, fuck you.
And that's why the media built up Trump the way they did. That's why they continue to treat him like a serious candidate. He's rich! He's worth talking to and talking about!
bemildred
(90,061 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)And the building up of Trump by the media took place during the R primaries more than anything. Sure, Trump was up against a bunch of millionaires, but like Hillary, they aren't known for being millionaires.
clarice
(5,504 posts)My point here isn't to demonize Hillary for her wealth... it just goes to the point that mostly ALL politics is about money.
Note to mods..... I not sure if this post belongs in DUP or not, please forgive me, and if you would like, I will move thread there.
Thanks for your understanding.
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clarice
(5,504 posts)CrowCityDem
(2,348 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)but he gets a pass time after time after time. Not so much from the media, but in the way nothing seems to impede his election progress. I've maintained all along that his remarks regarding John McCain would have eliminated any other candidate not named Trump. Gone right then and there no matter how hard he tried to walk it back. I mean a person of priviledge who never served in the military, passing judgement off someone who DID serve, and who was repeatedly tortured while in captivity - cripes the right wing would blow 10,000 gaskets if a democrat would have done that.
Trump? Some criticism, really not much more.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Myth?
If we accept that "wanting it bad enough" is something of a myth, its piquant cruelty begins to become apparent. If a person fails to achieve what they want, they first blame themselves, believing that it is entirely their fault. They didn't want it bad enough! There are two possible responses to this crushing epiphany:
1.Persist in the delusion, secure in the knowledge that since you definitely do want it really, really badly, you will succeed eventually.
2.Somehow try to make yourself want what you already want even more badly, despite the fact that a person who somehow managed to achieve such mastery of their own desires would be better advised to focus on wanting things that were very easy to get, or ideally that they already had.
clarice
(5,504 posts)about the seemingly quantum connection between thought and outcome?