<<We simply must take seriously the fact that nearly half of the US is going to vote for Trump, and ask yourself "Why?">
It is useful to study how cancers work and spread. But right *now* what's needed is radiation to stop the tumor growth. Marcus ________________________________ From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 10:04:28 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Trump Is Just A Normal Polling Error Behind Clinton | FiveThirtyEight On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm<mailto:profw...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: If Trump were to win this election, the number one reason is the insistence of democrats and liberals to demonize and marginalize the populace supporting Trump. If the only people that support him are "angry" racist" "xenophobic" "out-of-work-white-men" "could-not-graduate-from-college-because-of-low-IQ" etc. etc. he could not possibly command more than 10% of the vote. Trump is a terrible person - but NOT atypical of the population in general. Projecting his worst qualities onto the masses that support him is a huge, hopefully fatal, strategic mistake on the part of the Clinton campaign. But it would be simply a continuation of a fifty year trend: a small elite that firmly believe they are the only ones capable of and deserving of running the government and that anyone that opposes them is ignorant and dangerous. davew Thank God some of us are taking seriously the "But Why?" question re: Trump's popularity. Thank you! We simply must take seriously the fact that nearly half of the US is going to vote for Trump, and ask yourself "Why?". -- Owen On Sat, Nov 5, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: My opinion: scorn is a very powerful position; you can be scornful of God. People who feel powerless and left out find Trump appealing because they identify with the power implied by his scorn of the elite, the establishment, etc. Remember Spiro Agnew calling the educated "pointy headed intellectuals"? In the meantime I'm very concerned with who's going to win the election. Frank Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918<tel:%28505%29%20670-9918> On Nov 5, 2016 12:59 PM, "Owen Densmore" <o...@backspaces.net<mailto:o...@backspaces.net>> wrote: A quote from the article is pretty telling: In America today, compared with 50 years ago, three times as many working-age men are completely outside the work force. This pattern is occurring throughout the developed world - and the consequences are not merely economic. Feeling superfluous is a blow to the human spirit. It leads to social isolation and emotional pain, and creates the conditions for negative emotions to take root. If I were one of them, I'd surely vote Trump. We do need to get over "who's going to win?" and ask "why has Trump got such a *huge* following?" -- Owen
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