Message #25224

[uselesslegs]

Hillary wouldn't be anywhere near the disaster that Trump would as President. But there's so much hate for her and the establishment and (whether they admit it or not) surface level racist resentment that's barely hidden now, that having a higher likelihood of burning it all down to the ground, with him as President, is preferable. Part of me knows that the majority of politicians, of their own accord, won't relinquish their position or power or connection to fat cash for the greater good and understands the *burn it to the ground* mentality in that regard.

But I also know for all the talk about jobs and prosperity, and *taking it to the establishment*, it's heavily intermingled with xenophobia and bigotry. I'm convinced if Trump hopped on mic tomorrow and basically said, "And if we're going to be honest, I'm not so sure we can get the jobs back we lost, we'll try, but don't hold your breath. But you bet your ass we'll get the dam foreigners out and the worlds going to remember, whether they like it or not, why America is the greatest country and should dam well be feared and respected...", you'd see little of his base support fall off. This is what they want to hear, whether it can be delivered on or not. I think many of his supporters are aware he's full of shit sqaured. They're aware of the insane amount of flip-flops, lies and contradictions...but they're Okay with it...because he's saying and doing what they feel they've been hamstrung from speaking. And when you feel you've been silenced, if feels good to finally run your mouth unashamed.

This is far less about actual change to the establishment, than it is about the feel good. If it were really about change, minus the bigot wink and nudges, then Trump wouldn't have nearly the base support he does. He struck the right chord in that regard. When Obama became President a lot of realities got bent over and slammed. When he got elected a second time, those realities cracked. It wasn't a fluke. People freaked. With Trump's literal 4th grade understanding of policy and economics, that's all the evidence I needed to know that all the screaming of establishment change, came second to the vitriol. Because you sure as fuck wouldn't hire a mechanic who couldn't point out where the transmission is, let alone couldn't explain to you what it's for. You wouldn't remotely consider them in a serious capacity. Trump is that bullshit mechanic, holding a wrench, looking at the truck...who doesn't have a fucking clue where or what a transmissions is/for.