Originally Posted by elphenor

the argument was that a lot of these guys voted for Obama last time so they can't be racist, but now it's ringing about as hollow as a "black friend" save

racism and sexism contributed but there was a question as to whether the failures of neolibearals to deliver on their promises caused Trump

now I'm not so sure that's even the case, it's just that the country has a lot of racist hicks and the electoral college system is stupid

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.