Killed it.
Few people understood that as whites shrunk as a percentage of the population that they would take on the characteristics of an aggrieved racial minority. The GOP is the biggest practitioner of identity politics - white identity politics. Identity is a powerful
Few people understood that as whites shrunk as a percentage of the population that they would take on the characteristics of an aggrieved racial minority. The GOP is the biggest practitioner of identity politics - white identity politics. Identity is a powerful
Motivator of political/social activity. The 2012 autopsy was 100% correct for a party that wanted to win. Trumpism showed that’s not what many non-college educated white voters want. They’ve lost hope in the country and their own sense of place (identity) and found
Trump giving that decline and anger a voice. We’re familiar with black rage - Trumpism is about white rage. It’s about decline. It’s assuming an identity of the loser (like the Confederacy). They create a mythology about their past that is lost. A past that was never completely
Accurate but fills a void in a time of hopelessness. Hopelessness leads to self destruction (opioid addiction, alchoholism, high suicide rates,etc...). It’s a short leap to destroying a society and country you feel has failed you.
