I had a guy who voted Harris and who makes about minimum wage clue me in on how important the economy was in all this.
Worldwide -- with inflation "after" COVID -- there has been a shift to the right in governments.
Now how people got fooled into thinking Trump or any other despot would be good for the poor and the economy is another issue.
William -- The first a-holes to eagerly round-up people are cruel and evil.
A year or so later, they might be that, or "just following orders", or scared for their family.
I thought we were talking about why people voted Trump? I'm open to the cruel bastards version, but there are so many other narratives including economic desperation.
Economic desperation can be viewed as clueless, lied to, greedy, and/or single-minded.
There are just so many competing narratives on why people voted as they did.
There is the "they are cruel and evil" narrative, the economic hardship narrative, and many others.
Normally I just spilt the difference, but at this point I have no idea what to believe without becoming my own scholar on the subject.
