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In reply to the discussion: Matt Taibbi: Democrats Will Learn All the Wrong Lessons From Brush With Bernie [View all]AntiBank
(1,339 posts)It is simple to explain. Trump tapped into a huge amount of the American electorate who have had lifetimes of "American exceptionalism" and the scientifically managed spinning of anti-government/anti-union ideology laid out as Horatio Alger capitalism striving to overcome "commie Marxists" embedded so much that they need (and desire) simplistic scapegoats (minorities, women, anything that is the "other" to appease their anger at the actual REAL reasons for their fucked up lives. They voted against their class interest, yet will NEVER admit it. It's so easy to get people to blame others for their mistakes.
Simply put Trump is propelled by pissed off white (the vast majority of Trumpers are this) people who need to lash out at boogeymen for their own poor voting decisions.