• halfwaythereEnglish
    1•7 months ago

    Racism. Christian extremism. Both not exclusive to themselves. Both have felt ignored and feed on the the thoughts of being victims due to their “unpopular” beliefs. There is much more to this subject but this is the best I can simplify it.

    • @Donkter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•7 months ago

      How do you mean?

      I get that you’re implying that people who don’t support Trump can’t know what goes on in a Trump supporters head or understand the movement (not true).

      But if you can’t explain it yourself then you simply can’t know what you’re talking about, you don’t even understand what it is that they’ll never understand! How would you be able to know if they are able to understand or not!?

      • @intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        1•7 months ago

        No, people who don’t support Trump are perfectly capable of understanding Trump supporters’ reasons.

        It’s just that they don’t, and don’t try to either.

  • @Kaboom@reddthat.comEnglish
    -1•7 months ago

    Tldr: The media attacked him, turned him into a symbol of unhappiness.

    America isn’t doing so great. Unemployment is high, inflation is spiraling out of control, wild habitats are being bulldozed, hell it’s getting hard to put food on the table.

    I think even lemmy can agree that the economy isn’t doing so well.

    Back in the 80s, we had factories, with unions. NAFTA decided that America should send most of our factories to Mexico and beyond. Immigration went up, importing cheap labor, basically scabs.

    The Democrats, who claimed to be for the common worker, made a farce of it, saying “they took our jobs” was racist. And you know what, those jobs weren’t stolen, there were given away.

    Every year, year after year, it gets worse. Politicians on both sides are lying to our faces and won’t do jack shit to bring in tariffs or lower immigration.

    Then comes Trump. He’s a fucking scumbag just like every other politician, but at least he attempts to pander to the millions affected. And then the media started attacking him.

    This just made him look like someone who might actually be on our side. Sure, he might fuck over every other country, but God damn it, America comes first, not Mexico, not China, not the EU, America comes first.