07-31-2016, 07:48 PM
(07-31-2016, 05:04 PM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote: As an American, I can tell you this whole election is not grounded in the actual desires of the America people, but extremely distorted ones.
Nobody really wants Hilary Clinton as president - in fact, she has to pay people to say that they do. Those who are voting for her are actually voting against Trump and his racist xenophobia, misogyny, and capitalistic views of the environment, mostly. Those who say they want Trump - well, yeah, of course, there are certainly some racist xenophobics. But most of these people are just reacting to what they have seen as a suppression of their freedom of expression - they may not actually believe that different ethnicities are inherently bad, but they really want to defend their right to be able to say such vulgar things, and to watch people squirm in the process.
Please also understand that the majority of the media is also colluding with the Hilary campaign machine. This means everything will constantly sanitize Hilary and make it appear that she has a lot of support - and it also means that they give Trump a disproportionate amount of attention for his antics because again, Clinton has made it clear that she is primarily running her campaign against Trump's ugly ideas. It's a classic set up - Trump and Clinton have been long time friends. He goes on TV and acts like an ass and gets TONS of attention, and it helps her campaign. Win/win. I don't think he ever thought it would go this far (but he's happy to ride the train as far as it will) - because the fact is, the fix is already in for Hilary. We don't have a choice. And I think that's where a lot of Trump's support comes in - Hilary is obviously who the establishment has chosen without our consent, so let's at least try to slander her as far as possible on her way in.
This is a really big catalyst right now for so many Americans, many who have never cared a bit about politics - and it's super fascinating. From my vantage point, I think Bernie would have actually won the election if he had been given a fair and legitimate chance - his ideas are what the majority of people actually desire - progressive socialism.
Jill Stein 2016!