(For the purposes of this entry, "fabric" means the every day Americans, not the make up of Congress or anything like that)
Many people, including my dad, have Donald Trump has a psychological trigger. This is not the Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) thing, This is more serious. People like my dad genuinely believed that because Trump had so many issues openly available and in the public domain (his felonies, the E. Jean Carroll verdict, etc.) that this would inherently disqualify him from running for office, just like it did Richard Nixon from holding office further when he resigned, or many other political figures. My dad has a moral compass. His sense of reality came crashing down when it conflicted with the true reality of the situation and has caused a very bad psychological problem. But this wasn't a moral compass election; it was an economic compass election.
The fabric of American society has not changed for as long as I've been alive (37 years). Americans care more about their pocketbook (heard of the phrase "pocketbook economics?") than they do any other issue. The American people do have a hard time finding a job, and do have a hard time making ends meet, especially because of the inflation caused by the Inflation Reduction Act. If Americans believe that a candidate will help them be wildly successful or give them an easy way out instead of doing hard work on themselves and coming up from the bottom, they will take it.
The Harris campaign was all about strengthening the social safety net. The government provides welfare so people can pick themselves up, work on themselves, and get a job and be successful. Trump offered a way of blaming other people for their failings (namely, immigrants or illegal immigrants) and offered a quicker way to success. Which is easier? A yearlong process to get a job, or a guy who comes out and says it's not your fault and blame somebody else? Most Americans would say the latter.
People say that the election showed that the so-called "fabric" of American society has changed, and that the election has changed it. No, this is also bunk. My dad knows a number of Trump supporters, and voting for the Orange Man hasn't changed them one bit. If you're like me, then you say that the election was the result of a collective bad choice (or good choice if you're pro-Trump), but that the vote didn't change who people are. Those Trump supporters who still look out for their neighbors and are kind-hearted are still looking out for their neighbors and are kind-hearted. The racist that supported Trump is still a racist. The women who supported Harris are still concerned with their bodily autonomy.
Nothing has changed, and yet people walk around thinking it's like this harbinger of the apocalypse or something stupid like that. IF anything, the election has shown that nothing has changed about society because people are still guided by their economic compass: basic pocketbook economics. In fact, it WOULD have been a huge change if it had been the other way around and people voted with a moral compass when they had been voting for 37 years (and more!) based on an economic one.
Many people, including my dad, have Donald Trump has a psychological trigger. This is not the Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) thing, This is more serious. People like my dad genuinely believed that because Trump had so many issues openly available and in the public domain (his felonies, the E. Jean Carroll verdict, etc.) that this would inherently disqualify him from running for office, just like it did Richard Nixon from holding office further when he resigned, or many other political figures. My dad has a moral compass. His sense of reality came crashing down when it conflicted with the true reality of the situation and has caused a very bad psychological problem. But this wasn't a moral compass election; it was an economic compass election.
The fabric of American society has not changed for as long as I've been alive (37 years). Americans care more about their pocketbook (heard of the phrase "pocketbook economics?") than they do any other issue. The American people do have a hard time finding a job, and do have a hard time making ends meet, especially because of the inflation caused by the Inflation Reduction Act. If Americans believe that a candidate will help them be wildly successful or give them an easy way out instead of doing hard work on themselves and coming up from the bottom, they will take it.
The Harris campaign was all about strengthening the social safety net. The government provides welfare so people can pick themselves up, work on themselves, and get a job and be successful. Trump offered a way of blaming other people for their failings (namely, immigrants or illegal immigrants) and offered a quicker way to success. Which is easier? A yearlong process to get a job, or a guy who comes out and says it's not your fault and blame somebody else? Most Americans would say the latter.
People say that the election showed that the so-called "fabric" of American society has changed, and that the election has changed it. No, this is also bunk. My dad knows a number of Trump supporters, and voting for the Orange Man hasn't changed them one bit. If you're like me, then you say that the election was the result of a collective bad choice (or good choice if you're pro-Trump), but that the vote didn't change who people are. Those Trump supporters who still look out for their neighbors and are kind-hearted are still looking out for their neighbors and are kind-hearted. The racist that supported Trump is still a racist. The women who supported Harris are still concerned with their bodily autonomy.
Nothing has changed, and yet people walk around thinking it's like this harbinger of the apocalypse or something stupid like that. IF anything, the election has shown that nothing has changed about society because people are still guided by their economic compass: basic pocketbook economics. In fact, it WOULD have been a huge change if it had been the other way around and people voted with a moral compass when they had been voting for 37 years (and more!) based on an economic one.