To understand the rise of Donald Trump, you don’t need to go to a diner in the Midwest or read “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance’s memoir.
You just need to know these basic facts: In 1980, white people accounted for about 80 percent of the U.S. population.In 2024, white people account for about 58 percent of the U.S. population.
Trump appeals to white people gripped by demographic hysteria. Especially older white people who grew up when white people represented a much larger share of the population. They fear becoming a minority. Every component of the Trump-Republican agenda flows from these demographic fears.
The simple truth is that Trump is a racist, and it is his shamelessness about his racism that appeals to white people. He says what they wish they could get away with saying. They forgive his criminal behavior, his lies, his egomaniacal behavior, and his other flaws because of his racism, not in spite of it. They don’t care that his economic policies will benefit billionaires and not them, just so long as he makes sure minorities have it worse than them.
Vance followed up “Hillbilly Elegy,” his supposed paean to the working class, by becoming a puppet of right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, who bankrolled his Senate campaign in Ohio. Trump no doubt chose Vance to be his running mate at least in part to get more money from billionaires for his campaign.
“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
Why are white people so scared of being a minority? Are minorities treated poorly in the United States or something?
Minority populations aren’t treated well everywhere.if you become a minority in every country, your fucked.
So… Nothing about that should be done? We shouldnt strive to care for and uplift the HUMAN BEINGS AROUND US!?
I always said, the main problem isn’t that Trump is racist. The problem is, that his voters see it as a good thing.
I think the problem is that the powerful are endlessly fucking over the weak for profit. It’s been getting worse and we’re feeling more squeezed every year.
Racism is just a tried and true, old reliable, when it comes finding a scapegoat to get people to blame someone else.
That is the problem. But Trump shows no initiative to fix it the problem. Trump blames all the issues on immigration. Which means the people voting for him are just racists.
My point is that people like Trump aren’t looking to help the weak. Trump is looking to exploit them. The only “problems” be wants to fix are barriers to more easily exploit them.
By blaming the minorities, he creates a scapegoat for his base and others to blame for their problems. This distracts them from the fact that him and people like him are the cause of their problems.
Sure, some of them are racist but I honestly think most of them are just hurt, angry, scared, ignorant, and desperate. If they had more exposure to minorities most of them would change their beliefs.
Remember, the day it might eventually get to 49% is the day they start screaming “DEI” from the rooftops and pretending it was always their position.
