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In reply to the discussion: Why do you think so many people back Trump? [View all]question everything
(47,535 posts)They realize that as they are getting older, they are not going to be as rich or as successful as they hoped or as they were "promised." Blaming minorities and women is getting tired, so blaming the government which, in this case, is the same as blaming the "other" is the same.
And with most conservatives, logic and reason do not hold. They need to hate someone, to blame their frustration.
Of course, it was during saint Reagan administration that we shifted from a manufacturing based economy to a service one. When high school dropout could no longer hold a decent job to support a family. When mergers and acquisitions were rewarded when, yes "greet was good."
Factories were closed and manufacturing were shipped overseas. And, of course, those who lost their jobs have never seen the connection between buying cheap stuff at Walmart and the loss of their jobs and shutting down their factories.
Trump expresses their frustration by calling everyone a loser, by saying how everyone is incompetent, even by saying he will be bombing the shit out of Daesh. In short, by doing their shouting "I am mad as hell and am not going to take it anymore."