by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
The problem with Trump — and there are many to choose from — is inevitably really smart people make some very complex determinations about him that just aren’t applicable.
Trump is a simple political figure — (older) (white) conservatives [men] feel disenfranchised.
That’s it. That’s all that’s going on.
And they will latch on to anyone and anything that will make them feel like they can “make America great again” by giving what they perceive is their lost status in the social, cultural and political pecking order.
This is an issue that isn’t going anywhere. It’s going to linger and linger until either we have a civil war because Blues leave the Union or we have a civil war because Reds leave the Union.
It is a fever that will never, ever break for macro reasons. We’re totally, completely fucked.
Now, having said that, I can’t predict the future. I’m sure *something* might happen that prevents a civil war. And it could be that Trump is elected, goes “full tyrant” and…nothing happens. About 1 million smug Twitter liberals leave the country, leaving Poors like me to my fate, and lulz, that’s it.
But, again — I can’t predict the future. This is just my mid-summer dread speaking at the moment.
