Monday, April 18, 2016
I Guess We Are All Lucky Trump Is Not A Better Candidate Or Demagogue
He's onto something with this anti-democratic primary process. But he's complaining about it instead of using it to rally support. Instead of emphasizing how he is being screwed over, Trump could be raging about how his people are being screwed over. Trump could be raving that he is a rich guy who WILL win even though the anti-democratic establishment is trying to fuck him, but the common people AREN'T rich guys who can fight back and win. Trump could be positioning himself as a populist hero bringing back a land where a white man's vote--and maybe, just maybe some not white votes!--counts, because the system IS crooked and the system IS rigged against the voter and against democracy. That perspective would be a shit ton more effective than his bitching, and he'd be right. Good fucking thing Trump does not have the instincts of a genuine demagogue with the very ugly and powerful truth on his side.
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