Trump wins the support of those who fear the future because they think historical trends are moving against them. White blue collar workers fear being replaced by computers, industrial robots, and non whites, both at home and abroad. Christian conservatives fear a society that is becoming increasingly secular and hedonistic. Small businessmen fear the growing power of corporations they cannot compete with, and the growing popularity of socialism, These people support Trump despite Trump's shortcomings most of them acknowledge because they think Trump is their last hope in the world.
Since 1980 I have viewed the religious right with interest and a degree of sympathy. The religious right has tried to restore the moral ethos of the 1950's. Back then most Americans attended a church or synagogue every week. Most people got married before having children. Most people stayed married. I was a child back then. It was a nice time to be a child. Nevertheless, in a country like the United States there is little the government can do to influence sexual and religious behavior. Therefore they are not really political issues. The religious right has given the Republican Party the power to make the rich richer. It has not reversed trends in private behavior because it could not.
Also, the religious right has been bad at choosing political leaders. In 1980 Christian conservatives abandoned the most religious president the United States has probably ever had for a product of Hollywood, who seldom attended church. In 2016 Christian conservatives reached even lower into the barrel and choose a lying, foul mouthed, womanizing pagan.
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Well, that was one massive failed attempt to morally judge a rather large group of people.
Well, that was one massive failed attempt to morally judge a rather large group of people.
I'm no fan of Trump, but I have yet to see him actually do anything especially "authoritarian" in nature.
OK, so what is your evaluation?
Also, trying to claim that something wrong was done simply because they picked him in 2016, is not a moral issue. The man's character has always been that, of a foul-mouthed jackass and everyone already knew that. But what did they have as a secondary option? Possibly the worst and most unlikable candidate that anyone has seen in the entire history of the presidential office.
Even compared to Trump, she was just that much worse.
I have always liked the Clinton's. Clinton hate needs to be understood psychologically, because there is no rational reason for it. The Clinton's are not evil. Their politics are not extreme.
I suspect that during the 1990's there still were a lot of white men in the United States who were angry that the United States lost the War in Vietnam, and that many who protested against the War were prospering in life. Bill Clinton was a weather vane for that kind of hate.
Because Hillary Clinton was active in the anti war movement she attracted some of that hate. In addition she is a woman who is obviously brilliant and accomplished. White men who have nothing to be proud of but their race and sex resented her for that reason. They like Sarah Palin because she if goofy and silly. That is they way they think a woman should be. Hillary made them feel inadequate.
I'm not white, nor do I care about many of their activities in the mid 90s. So there goes both of your examples right out the window.
Might I suggest you take a look at their recent actions over the last 15 years, to be more current on why some people might not like them?
Recent actions, like what?
Trump wins the support of those who fear the future because they think historical trends are moving against them. White blue collar workers fear being replaced by computers, industrial robots, and non whites, both at home and abroad. Christian conservatives fear a society that is becoming increasingly secular and hedonistic. Small businessmen fear the growing power of corporations they cannot compete with, and the growing popularity of socialism, These people support Trump despite Trump's shortcomings most of them acknowledge because they think Trump is their last hope in the world.
Since 1980 I have viewed the religious right with interest and a degree of sympathy. The religious right has tried to restore the moral ethos of the 1950's. Back then most Americans attended a church or synagogue every week. Most people got married before having children. Most people stayed married. I was a child back then. It was a nice time to be a child. Nevertheless, in a country like the United States there is little the government can do to influence sexual and religious behavior. Therefore they are not really political issues. The religious right has given the Republican Party the power to make the rich richer. It has not reversed trends in private behavior because it could not.
Also, the religious right has been bad at choosing political leaders. In 1980 Christian conservatives abandoned the most religious president the United States has probably ever had for a product of Hollywood, who seldom attended church. In 2016 Christian conservatives reached even lower into the barrel and choose a lying, foul mouthed, womanizing pagan.
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Liberals are ignorant and ruthlessly hate Christianity. I wouldn't take the word of a liberal on that subject for nothing in the world.
Liberals are ignorant and ruthlessly hate Christianity. I wouldn't take the word of a liberal on that subject for nothing in the world.
Among whites, the more education one had the more likely one is to vote Democrat. I am a Democrat. I am liberal on economic and environmental issues. I am a Christian.
Nope, not allowed.
Even if you don't realise it yourself you secretly hate Christianity even more than the English have historically hated the French.
The Founder of my Religion was a liberal. These are some of the things he said....
Well, that was one massive failed attempt to morally judge a rather large group of people.
Liberals are ignorant and ruthlessly hate Christianity. I wouldn't take the word of a liberal on that subject for nothing in the world.
Liberals are ignorant and ruthlessly hate Christianity. I wouldn't take the word of a liberal on that subject for nothing in the world.
So, how does any of this associate with Trump, or eve show that he has some form of authoritarian rule?
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