A good article for understanding what motivates Trumpsters from their point of view
November 16, 2016 at 1:03 pm
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2016 at 1:04 pm by Whateverist.)
Anyone else read the article by Joan C Williams in the Harvard Business Review that came out on November 10th? I just came across it on Facebook where I saw that Robert Reich also had positive things to say about how it analyzes Trumps support among the white working class (WWC). Our liberal elite bias makes it appealing to see Trump's vulgarity as what appealed to these voters but this article, while acknowledging vulgarity is often acceptable among this group prioritizes Trump's emphasis on economics as the deciding factor - even if he is unable to deliver. Hillary, even though she has a policy position on everything including economics didn't emphasize it enough. Everything can't be the most important thing or you really aren't emphasizing anything in particular. Interesting to read that among those with just a high school education who work hard their resentment toward the poor isn't republican manufactured. That party just exploits the resentment that is already there. The WWC don't resent the rich, they want to be them. Who they resent is the professional class, those telling them what to do and managing them .. people like Hillary.
It's a good read but my questions now are how do you use this information to really help these people, not just exploit them like Trump. And, of course, how do you use it to get elected and pursue progressive goals?
https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-peo...king-class
It's a good read but my questions now are how do you use this information to really help these people, not just exploit them like Trump. And, of course, how do you use it to get elected and pursue progressive goals?
https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-peo...king-class