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MINI-THREAD on Trump's mysterious appeal.
1) Tea Pain is still wrappin' his flag-hat festooned head around the mystery that is Donald Trump. America has just witnessed the most disastrous and failure-rich four years of any modern presidency.
1) Tea Pain is still wrappin' his flag-hat festooned head around the mystery that is Donald Trump. America has just witnessed the most disastrous and failure-rich four years of any modern presidency.
2) By every measurable metric, this election should have been a one-sided, WWE smackdown butt whippin', but somehow it was still relatively close. Tea is left askin' the eternal question, "Why?" What is it that makes Trump unswervingly popular with 47% of Americans?
3) Many people suggest racism as the root cause, but Tea Pain ain't prepared to accept the fact that half of Americans are white supremacists. If you analyze the content of Trump's stump speeches, they're the Holy Trinity of White Grievance: racism, fear and division.
4) But is there a simpler explanation? Is there some finer essence where racism, fear and division find purchase? Have you ever heard a MAGA say "He says what I think?" Once you get past the terrifyin' implications of such a declaration, you start to find the key
5) that unlocks the MAGA mystery. Is there a simpler, more primal reason that allows Trump to kill 250,000 Americans without losin' an iota of support? Tea Pain believes there is.
6) It boils down to a concept so simple, we often overlook it. Trump gives his followers permission to be their "worst selves." Not only does he give permission, he GLORIFIES it. Your failures become successes. Weaknesses become strengths. Wrongs become right.
7) This couldn't be clearer when it comes to the Messiah-like reverence he receives from Evangelicals. Followin' Jesus is hard. Studyin' Scripture, lovin' your enemies, takin' care of the sick and widows and embracin' folks unlike you is a heavy lift for most folks.
8) But here comes Trump sayin' all that Christ-like behavior is for suckers and losers. He casts off the heavy yolk of basic human decency, enablin' the spark of the primal, tribal self to ignite and turn into a bonfire of the vanities.
9) Think about it. How many times have you tried to do the right thing, but secretly fantasized givin' your "id" the car keys and lettin' it go on a morality-free joy ride? Trump doesn't trigger this mutinous meth-high in everyone, just every other one.
10) There really ain't a lot of difference between decent, upstandin' citizens and MAGAs. MAGAs are just regular folks that have decided to let themselves go.
Yeah, it's that simple. Trumpism is popular because it's easy. <eot>
Yeah, it's that simple. Trumpism is popular because it's easy. <eot>
