Biggest waste of time was making Trump's campaign into an argument abt protectionism. Tariffs were the one thing that was never gonna happen
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Trump is more likely to start a world war than actually block imports or capital flight. The war could get past a GOP congress
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The most basic anti-globalization shit he might actually do - punitive taxes on inversions etc - he never even mentioned
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He straight up said he wanted to remove uncompetitive regulation - i.e. accelerate globalization's race to the bottom
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It's dumb to talk abt him as a defender of workers. It was dumb to ever say that. His team is literally the NAFTA cheer squad of the 90s
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When ppl like this want to ban immigration to protect wages I don't think they're stupid, I think they're dishonest abt their motives
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It's remarkably condescending to say "Oh these ppl keep wildly misdirecting their anger, they're just so easily confused"
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The worst part is pundits saying this election "reveals" a divide that they've been talking about as long as I've paid attention to politics
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Every single hot election buzzword has been about this for years. The Tea Party, the Sarah Palin hockey moms, red state/blue state
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For as long as I've been watching every other demo gets taken for granted whereas intense analysis pours in on what Average White Ppl want
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Sometimes they come up with very specific names for very specific kinds of white folks (soccer mom, NASCAR dad, hockey mom)
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Sometimes they anoint some rando an avatar of "ordinary" white America and make him a celebrity, like Joe the Plumber or the Palin family
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