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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Custoslibera to c/[email protected]

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All that fake tan has finally got to him.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

the median household income of a Trump voter so far in the primaries is about $72,000

I'm not really sure I buy this meaning they're really affluent corporate types. I've met a lot of Trump supporters who own big properties out in the country, who own big trucks, and who work jobs in trades. Stuff like plumbers and carpenters and mechanics. I mean hell, in my state, the average pay for plumbers is $80,000 a year, and yep, a lot of those people are self-employed. Last I checked the trades is where all the folks who struggled in school go...

So, does this really mean they aren't who we think they are? All the people I'm referring to were dumb as fuck country fucking bumpkins who needed a swift kick in the ass. All they've really gotten "invested" is a house on a big valuable piece of land, a little bit of stock on the market (maybe), and a bunch of physical items that add up to them being "wealthy" even though two of the trucks don't work, the tractor is falling apart, and so is the barn, and so on. On paper, they're wealthy, in person, they're still missing some fucking teeth.

Oh yeah, and the obsession with guns... Guns ain't cheap... These people piss away a lot of money on useless stuff.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You just described the exact same people the article described, so I don’t know where you’re getting “really affluent corporate types” from.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Trump’s real base, the actual backbone of fascism, isn’t poor and working-class voters, but middle-class and affluent whites. Often self-employed, possessed of a retirement account and a home as a nest egg, this is the stratum taken in by Horatio Alger stories.

So now self-employed plumbers and mechanics aren't working class? The point is the article is trying to paint them as more affluent and influential than they often are in reality. Most of the mechanics and plumbers I know don't pull a lot of sway with city council.

These people don't know who the living fuck Horatio Alger is, and if they did, they'd rightly call him a pedophile and be angling for his lynching.

These aren't the people who read books or are really "affluent." If you're missing teeth and half the shit you own is broken down because you piss all your money away on alcohol, scratch tickets, guns, and other adult toys, you're not affluent, you're just an idiot with just enough money to keep making bad decisions for a while.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not people who read Horatio Alger, people who Horatio Alger stories were about.

Working class meaning people who work hourly/salary, as opposed to petite bourgeoisie, meaning the self-employed & small business owners.