1. This @NateSilver538 article on Trump & class is a useful corrective:https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/727570942306750464 …
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2. I'll confess because of twitter short hand I've used phrase "white working class" to describe Trumpkins, even though not quite right
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3. Trumpkins are poorer than most GOP voters but richer than national average. Not working class but petit bourgeois.
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4. The petit bourgeois have traditionally been the supporter of ultra-nationalist anti-politicians, from Napoleon III to Poujade to Wallace.
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5. History repeats itself many times, first as tragedy, then as farce, finally as a reality show with an orange-tinged buffoon.
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6. Free story idea for anyone who wants it: Trump as an American Poujadist.
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@Bencjacobs Try Leon Wieseltier!
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