White America used to be fiercely tribal loyal to pro-american, patriotism and strong moral stances. There were enough candidates lying their asses off that it turned us sour to the very things we used to support, because it was most likely just another lying politician.
That, and the GOP kept any moral, upstanding, not-used-car-salesmen-from-Utah candidates from ever seeing the light of day on prime-time television.
A huge portion of the American population became apathetic to politics because we didn't feel our 'tribe' was even represented anymore. There are far too many Christians who have adopted the stance of sitting by and watching it all burn because 'well, it's going to burn anyway.' Even now.
I think that tribal loyalty has been reborn, not because of Trump, specifically, but because we have learned that we were lied to about the dying throws of America. The 'moral, upstanding, conservatives' still exist, and together we outnumber the crazies. The 'world as we knew it' before Trump was a big fat lie. It's just a question of what we are going to do about it now.
Blacks will never be drawn to libertarianism.
White America used to be fiercely tribal loyal to pro-american, patriotism and strong moral stances. There were enough candidates lying their asses off that it turned us sour to the very things we used to support, because it was most likely just another lying politician.
That, and the GOP kept any moral, upstanding, not-used-car-salesmen-from-Utah candidates from ever seeing the light of day on prime-time television.
A huge portion of the American population became apathetic to politics because we didn't feel our 'tribe' was even represented anymore. There are far too many Christians who have adopted the stance of sitting by and watching it all burn because 'well, it's going to burn anyway.' Even now.
I think that tribal loyalty has been reborn, not because of Trump, specifically, but because we have learned that we were lied to about the dying throws of America. The 'moral, upstanding, conservatives' still exist, and together we outnumber the crazies. The 'world as we knew it' before Trump was a big fat lie. It's just a question of what we are going to do about it now.