Pogue Mahone
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Trump (and Brexit) appealed on a gloriously simplistic levels to two distinct demographics. People who want to turn the clock back to a time when life was simpler and better. And people who think that a protest vote is the first step to tearing the whole thing down and starting all over again. Nobody is interested in boring solutions to the woes of the world that actually reflect reality. Stuff like "it's complicated, we're not sure how to fix it or even if it can be fixed but let's at least try not to turn on each other". They want simple solutions and they want them now. Even though life doesn't work that way.
Add up the numbers of people who hold those two radically different world views and you can win a two horse race.
Of course, an inevitable consequence of selling people pipe dreams is the fact that people won't get what they voted for. Nobody can turn back time and helping power hungry megalomaniacs achieve their political ambitions is the worst possible way to try to take power away from the elite.
Add up the numbers of people who hold those two radically different world views and you can win a two horse race.
Of course, an inevitable consequence of selling people pipe dreams is the fact that people won't get what they voted for. Nobody can turn back time and helping power hungry megalomaniacs achieve their political ambitions is the worst possible way to try to take power away from the elite.