The main question of this election is: how did Trump become the Republican nominee?
Instead of finding reasons why he should not be, I'm wondering what makes him such a credible candidate for so many Americans?
Here are some of my musings on the subject:
ENVY
plenty of people want what Trump seems to have: unlimited money, houses, a giant airplane and a couple of much younger, beautiful wives. While there might be much more objective criteria for success, in the eyes of many Trump has all one could ever want. People vote for Trump because they want to BE Trump - and by association with him they can feel like they are.
NOSTALGIA
As a skyscraper-builder, Trump represents the kind of billionaire (let's just say he is) who people can understand how he made his money (or think they do). There is something very American, very Rockefeller, very stable about building taller and taller towers.
This is in contrast to all the Fund managers, software developers or drug companies that seem to make billions overnight with things no one seems to understand and that can lose all their worth the next day. For many, trillions of debt and electronic money are just not real in any comprehensible sense. The value of a gigantic house on the other hand is tangible. Similarly, people want visible proof of the success of the USA, not statistics, indices or reports.
REJECTION OF COMPLEXITY
If you have problems, you don't want to be told that there is no easy solution. Many people feel not truly in control because it seems that the most important decisions determining their lives are made somewhere in a boardroom, by a state legislator, by Congress or even in international trade agreements. So they have no hope of regaining control to the extend they believe they should have.
The amount of self-help guides is a clear testament to our continued delusion that we can control everything after all, possibly very easily.
And Trump seems to be the epitome of success via simplicity: just reading his books or joining his University should make you capable of becoming as rich as him. Or vote for him and become powerful.
please explain to me why I'm totally wrong
Instead of finding reasons why he should not be, I'm wondering what makes him such a credible candidate for so many Americans?
Here are some of my musings on the subject:
ENVY
plenty of people want what Trump seems to have: unlimited money, houses, a giant airplane and a couple of much younger, beautiful wives. While there might be much more objective criteria for success, in the eyes of many Trump has all one could ever want. People vote for Trump because they want to BE Trump - and by association with him they can feel like they are.
NOSTALGIA
As a skyscraper-builder, Trump represents the kind of billionaire (let's just say he is) who people can understand how he made his money (or think they do). There is something very American, very Rockefeller, very stable about building taller and taller towers.
This is in contrast to all the Fund managers, software developers or drug companies that seem to make billions overnight with things no one seems to understand and that can lose all their worth the next day. For many, trillions of debt and electronic money are just not real in any comprehensible sense. The value of a gigantic house on the other hand is tangible. Similarly, people want visible proof of the success of the USA, not statistics, indices or reports.
REJECTION OF COMPLEXITY
If you have problems, you don't want to be told that there is no easy solution. Many people feel not truly in control because it seems that the most important decisions determining their lives are made somewhere in a boardroom, by a state legislator, by Congress or even in international trade agreements. So they have no hope of regaining control to the extend they believe they should have.
The amount of self-help guides is a clear testament to our continued delusion that we can control everything after all, possibly very easily.
And Trump seems to be the epitome of success via simplicity: just reading his books or joining his University should make you capable of becoming as rich as him. Or vote for him and become powerful.
please explain to me why I'm totally wrong
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