Mark2 -> RE: The Trump Nightmare is Over! (Jan. 10 2021 20:09:03)
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I know a few trump supporters who are friends. They are successful relatively wealthy business owners. I'm pretty sure their motivations have nothing to do with your description. As opposed to victims, I think they view the situation as wanting to hold on to what they have earned. Biden promised to rescind the trump tax cuts, which would wipe out the 20% discount on pass through income. For people who's companies K1 returns comprise the bulk of their income, this is a huge tax increase. Biden also promised to raise taxes on people who are in the top bracket. This double hit could increase the tax these folks pay by tens, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Sometimes it's not complicated, it can just be about the money. I'm glad trump is going, but I can certainly understand why people who are already paying hundreds of thousands in taxes per year don't want to see that number increase. Other ideas, such as a wealth tax, while unlikely to pass, are a red flag for anyone who has managed to accumulate a large amount of assets. Aside from my friends I think anyone who is involved with the oil industry, for example, would be opposed to a Biden administration. That is a lot of people. As far as a "steal" I agree with Ricardo-both sides had ample opportunity to cheat, and I'm sure they did their all in that regard. Do I believe 80 million people voted for Biden when he was lucky to draw 100 to a rally? No, but I do believe 80 million voted against trump, and he has no one to blame but himself for that. quote:
ORIGINAL: payaso Yes, that’s very insightful. Maybe we can begin to understand at least some of Trump’s supporters if we recognise their deep sense of resentment and victimhood – the sense of being unjustly deprived of things that should rightfully be theirs and that have been taken away from them. So of course the election result was a ‘steal’, even before it took place. The idea was fomented by Trump for a long time, months before the election. The whole idea of the need to Make America Great Again embodies the notion that things that have been diminished and stolen must be recovered. And perhaps there is some justification for that belief in the economic and societal changes of recent years, such as the extraordinary success of China’s economic progress and its devastating impact on some areas of US society. If you start with the belief that you or others around you are the victims of powerful forces over which you have no control, it is not difficult to find confirmation that these forces are aimed against you personally and can be identified as originating from particular individuals or organisations. Maybe it’s 5G or Bill Gates, or George Soros, the Democrats, paedophiles, a virus hoax designed to scare, subjugate and control you. The Internet will easily provide direction and confirmation for your suspicions, The Brexit phenomenon is closely similar, with supporters united in their belief that the UK’s ‘Sovereignty’ (whatever that means) has been taken away by (or given away to) the European Union and must be reclaimed at any cost.
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