undefined | Better HN

0 pointsunethical_ban19d ago0 comments

It was his selling point. The people who voted for him don't care that he has no ideological conviction. They like that he is instinctively against "liberals". It just so happens that those are the people giving him less money and groveling.

The low-brow term for this is "owning the libs", but I believe it's really what's happening. It doesn't matter his personal moral failures or inconsistency, as long as he sets back social progress.

0 comments

ethbr119d ago

That feels like too reductive of a distillation and conveniently excises the necessity of examining his supporters' grievances for legitimate ones.

He was elected by a broad coalition of conservative-ish stakeholders, many of whom had very coherent and enunciated goals.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 comments

ethbr119d ago

That feels like too reductive of a distillation and conveniently excises the necessity of examining his supporters' grievances for legitimate ones.

He was elected by a broad coalition of conservative-ish stakeholders, many of whom had very coherent and enunciated goals.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse