Drifter995 wrote...
kengenerals wrote...
Spikedpikes wrote...
i like how my joke thread turns into politics
but this is pretty entertaining in its own way
Welcome to IB
At least it's not sd where everything turns into a shitfest and/or about religion
>Implying
Also, from my experience, a lot of people there just post to appear smart and thus come off as pretentious. There is hardly any substance to the discussions and they're generally the same topics repeated over and over.
Drifter995 wrote...
Renovartio wrote...
cruz737 wrote...
Sgt.broski wrote...
animefreak_usa wrote...
Why is this man winning again?
Because a lot of people are frustrated with out current political system and they feel like an aggressive "alpha-male" who's against politically correctness. He's a populist and not a typical conservative or republican so he rallies support from liberals, conservatives and independents.
But if you want an answer with more substance, listen to him talk about Free Trade and how it's hurts the average American. Or how immigration (not just illegal) is doing the same and "only benefiting the rich" (something many leftist like Bernie Sanders have stated). And despite participating in it himself, he mentions how lobbyist and money in politics end up hurting Americans in the long run (think Military industrial complex).
I don't agree with everything he says (or disagree), but I at least took the time out of my day to figure him and his fanbase out. The fact that so many people are baffled or resort to saying "HE'S RACIST/SEXIST" to the very mention of his name are all part of the problem that caused him to be taken seriously.
You remind me again why I like you so much.
Seriously though, I was never really political until a couple years ago. So it's really hard for me to articulate this sort of thing.
Still, I wish the system wasn't so corrupt. If it weren't, people wouldn't feel the need to support a wild card like Trump.
I will say, in my defence/ the defence of the others not from america, The media puts a massive spin on him being a massive douche/ racist/ sexist/ blah blah. I'm pretty sure our media is mostly liberal owned (which roughly translates to conservative in america books), which doesn't make a lot of sense in that regard.
But yeah, it's been spun in such a way everywhere that he's a bigot, an idiot, and corrupt etc. It's quite odd.
One reason why I stopped watching most news stations
yeah, I actually had a boss at work that hated Trump. Which surprised the hell out of me because a lot of the things he believes in are aligned with what Trump says. Then he told me that he got all his info from the local news.
So I told him what's really happening and his perception of Trump has changed. Of course, he still doesn't fully Trust him, but at least he doesn't seem to hate his guts.