Thread by @NateAFischer

Today is Election Day. My vote is for Donald Trump, and I believe yours should be too. 1/18

God has blessed us with an incredible inheritance—a country and culture that, despite past and present flaws, have helped create nearly unparalleled freedom and prosperity for generations of Americans. 2/18

America faces profound crises and divisions, and we have imperfect choices to govern us. Yet Trump is not just the lesser of two evils. He has been right in important ways that nearly all others have downplayed or ignored. 3/18

While the establishment right remained stuck in a playbook that has failed for half a century, Trump has recognized and stood firmly against existential threats to American civilization. 4/18

Trump is far from a perfect person. In other eras he might be a terrible choice for president. But given the threat today, he may be uniquely well suited for the job. Today’s leftist ideology is devoted not simply to a stronger safety net or... 5/18

...greater investment in people from less-advantaged backgrounds, but to attacking and erasing our history, warring against basic norms and truths (from culture to the concept of gender itself), celebrating abortion and immorality... 6/18

...destroying the concept of personal agency with an all-pervasive victim/oppressor narrative, and pushing a mindset of guilt-without-forgiveness and irredeemable shame on the American people. 7/18

Establishment Democrats, including Joe Biden, have allied themselves with this ideology and made clear they will not stop it. Establishment Republicans have paid lip service to criticisms of it, but largely sidestepped the issue by focusing on tax cuts and foreign policy. 8/18

Trump, in contrast, has focused on this threat—unapologetically celebrating America and embracing what we are told to apologize for. Elites have abandoned truth for narrative, and Trump is a master of challenging their narrative and pointing back to American ideals. 9/18

Some may assume I support Trump out of self-interest. But my immediate self-interest is probably the opposite.

Biden/Harris may raise taxes, push social policies I detest, and increase the regulatory burden on business. But given where I am now... 10/18

... I could easily carry on in business and largely insulate myself from their tax increases, pay for private education for my kids, and leverage relationships in government to navigate any regulatory maze. Any impact on my lifestyle would be negligible. 11/18

The corrupt combo of woke ideology and economic centralization manifest in woke capitalism will be devastating for much of the country. But I am well positioned to play this game—a game that rewards credentials, capital, and connections. 12/18

The natural path—the socially “proper" path—would be for me to focus on Trump's flaws and our country’s failings. It would be for me to embrace a more conscious and “inclusive” approach to business and politics, one high in public virtue but conveniently low in actual... 13/18

...cost to people like me. It would be for me to take a “principled” stand against the contradictions and character flaws present in any political realm, comfortably avoiding the hard decisions and unpleasant tradeoffs of any real-world political decision. 14/18

But I do not just reluctantly support Trump, while pining for a more “pure” conservative. A return to establishment norms might advantage me, but this path would destroy America. The collapse of social norms would devastate those outside high-social-capital communities... 15/18

...growing credentialism would further exclude many workers, and the left’s messages would further stir up racial division and resentment. Republicans who focus on market efficiency while ignoring this cultural sickness would only help many Americans fall further behind. 16/18

I support Trump because he is directly challenging this course—because he recognizes the severity of this threat and the need to move traditional beyond traditional Republican norms and conservative mantras to combat it. 17/18

America is divided, and an evil ideology has gained powerful sway. Though any path through this will be messy and painful, I believe Donald Trump is fighting to return our country and culture to the path that has brought so many blessings to the American people. 18/18