11-12-2016, 07:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-12-2016, 07:32 PM by Ritterlich.)
Trump will live and die with improving the financial conditions and social standing of the working and middle class, particularly the white one. If he doesn't improve this fast enough he'll implode and they will probably come after him with all their guns. He knows this, probably better than anyone else. He will bully the establishment GOP who are now rapidly waking up to this reality as well into spending so much Nationalist Keynesian money like there's no tomorrow, drying out the labor pool by deporting illegal immigrants and restricting work visa and enacting tariffs to make American workers competitive. Trump gains nothing from unhappy workers. He couldn't care less about unhappy welfare people because these vote Democrat. He may make their life miserable, ok. But there is no turning back working conditions to the miserable state of the industrial revolution or whatever. It's the opposite he'll make sure American workers are so scarce they can demand better raises than in decades. This in turn will enhance their social standing and this in turn will make them happy Trump voters. This is not your father's GOP anymore. Trump has been teaching them a big lesson. Are they stoopid and slow to learn? Sure but they are not complete idiots.
If you want to understand how right-wing populism works to the very extreme read on Hitler's economic programs upon becoming Chancellor in 1933. This lead to a big boost in income for the working class (unless you were Jewish or communist then it was a disaster from the get-go). Skilled workers were in such high demand it was crazy. Obviously Trump will not go this extreme but that's the direction. It's the same playbook. Only thing that's different instead of a Grey Champion we now have an Orange Champion. :-)
If you want to understand how right-wing populism works to the very extreme read on Hitler's economic programs upon becoming Chancellor in 1933. This lead to a big boost in income for the working class (unless you were Jewish or communist then it was a disaster from the get-go). Skilled workers were in such high demand it was crazy. Obviously Trump will not go this extreme but that's the direction. It's the same playbook. Only thing that's different instead of a Grey Champion we now have an Orange Champion. :-)