To those ignored, suffering people, Donald Trump is a brick chucked through the window of the elites. "Are you assholes listening now?"
I, myself, grew up in a red part of a very blue state, and now live near NYC in a very blue state. And I think on average, he's right about this;
Provincial vs urban. It's true in every state, and probably in most modern countries. I know it's true in france, for instance, and most likely in italy.
Urban concerns are totally different from rural. And I know from experience that rural life is slow and often boring and repetitive.
The wealth gap is very real, and many jobs are now outsourced to other countries or robots. We're not manufacturing or building like we used to. Solar and nuclear are replacing coal (thank heavens, unless you're in a coal town) and oil. So, it does make sense that rural people can feel forgotten.
Now, it actually is a flight of fantasy to think that this raging ape will ever give a crap about the rural. But he is throwing a rock through the front window, and they like it.
He's the freaking Hulk, unlike anyone else ever has been. And the fact that he deals with hotels and casinos rather than hedge funds means they sort of relate to him: His sleaze is at least familiar on some levels.
This is a badly organized revolution of the 99%, but they don't know that's who they are.
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