2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Fuck the white working class [View all]Squinch
(53,056 posts)address their concerns. They preferred a demagogue who promised them the impossible and lied every time he opened his mouth. He lied and told them what they want to believe. A minute or two of research would have shown them that his promises are either impossible or would not improve their situations But they chose not to invest that minute or two of research and put all our futures into the hands of the snake oil salesman.
I am not brushing off people's concerns as being less important than my own. I am denying the idea that the concerns of the intellectually lazy voters of the rust belt are any different or more important than my own. I am brushing off the idea that they deserve empathy for their idiotic choices that put us all in jeopardy.