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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
I think it is just as elitist and narrow-minded to describe this demographic as "simple people" who are lashing out at The System that has no more use for them. Sure, there may be some of that. But where you see a desperate underclass that has been forced to turn to nihilistic violence rather than become completely irrelevant, I instead see a lot of people whose willingness to blame Muslims, Mexicans, and various other groups for many of their problems has been validated and cynically exploited for political ends. Maybe the latter is just the vocal minority, but I definitely don't admire the sentiment.
I do admire a funky bass clarinet riff, though. The Daily Dose is some Headhunters funk. If You Got It, You'll Get It:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz4kUvHAIBg |
Following up on the first part of this post, this video is indicative of why, when I look at Trump supporters, I don't see a desperate downtrodden man lashing out at the Establishment that has its foot on his neck. I just see hatred. Maybe it is hatred that is fueled by being forgotten or discarded by the System or whatever, but it is hatred nonetheless, and Trump's calculated cultivation of this hatred for political ends is nothing short of scary. This is true even if the people depicted in the video are just a tiny screaming minority in a movement that is mostly made up of peaceful, anti-globalist populists.
http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/poli...T.nav=top-news
