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Originally Posted by Fordman1
The strange thing is a large percentage of Trump Supporters come from demographics that are seriously struggling financially, socially etc, yet many aggressively oppose “Socialist systems” that many Western Countries have (because the Republicans very much oppose them) :
Healthcare (eg: our Medicare)
Unemployment benefits (eg: our Centrelink)
Public Housing (eg: Ministry of housing systems)
Subsidised Prescription medication.
Fair tax for low wage earners.
Etc ...
This apparently is “Communism” or “Radical Socialism” 😉
Ref: Australia, UK, France, Germany, Canada, etc
I say good luck to them, I like our Social systems here in Australia.
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OK, allowing gross generalisations I will add mine!!!
The demographic you have outlined has two kinds of voter. Those people are all battlers, but a huge amount of them want to keep or get a good job and do not want to be reliant on the above. = Trump supporter
The remainder who dont want a job and want to be supported by the system are not Trump supporters. (gross generalisation, but there IS truth in there somewhere)
So this is where the vitriol pointed at the grass roots, red hat wearing and apparently dumb Trump supporter is so vile. They are not horrible people. They are not dumb. They probably know he is the biggest, most blatant liar ever to be president. But they dont care, because by fighting for the American Machine, he is fighting for them.