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LisiFFXV

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Wed Dec 21, 2016, 02:19 AM Dec 2016

So... what will happen when Trump fails to deliver? [View all]

This is the big question in my mind. It's not a question of if he will fail to deliver. He will fail. He (and his supporters) entire premise is flawed. White uneducated people in poor socioeconomic situations, despite their belief to the contrary, are not in their condition due to "the other"... but rather due to overall structural economic changes. We are an information economy now; not an industrial economy. They are struggling because they lack the knowledge, skills, and abilities to compete in this type of economy - not because of someone with different color skin. (A situation, which, ironically, both Sanders and Clinton offered them an actual realistic, although not easy, solution for... in their plans to make job training, education, etc more possible for them.)

Trump promised to "bring their [manufacturing] jobs back". This is akin to a politician during the height of the industrial revolution promising to bring back agricultural jobs to farmers on a grand scale. The government simply lacks the ability to do this; only the market can do this... and it certainly will not. Therefore, Trump will fail to deliver in a profound way. In fact, his economic plans (basically handing out cash to corporations and removing all regulations), ironically, will only expedite the steamroll towards information centered jobs.

So, the question on my mind is, in four years, when the majority of his white voters find themselves to be in exactly the same condition (or worse), what will they do?

I figure that there are two likely possibilities. One, they see Trump as his cohorts for the charlatans that they are, and he becomes a one term president... or two, they assume Trump and his cohorts weren't fascist enough and continue to back them to an even greater extreme.

My bet is on option one (a small, but sizeable enough group, turn on him sufficiently to defeat him in the next election). I only see this failing should there be a war or another 9/11 type of event that conveniently leads to a "rally around the president" type of effect.

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The Dumbass Trumpscum Won't Notice TaterBake Dec 2016 #1
I totally agree. Trump will be their hero no matter, and grow into a legend in time. Midnight Writer Dec 2016 #3
Well... Dulcinea Dec 2016 #31
Thanks, Obama BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #2
For the love of... LisiFFXV Dec 2016 #5
ppp poll 67% of trump voters thought the ue rate increased under Obama uponit7771 Dec 2016 #15
They'll blame it on Obama, nothing is ever their fault.nt arthritisR_US Dec 2016 #4
I really doubt it LisiFFXV Dec 2016 #6
Suuuuuurrrre. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #11
Hey, some of them also want to know Bettie Dec 2016 #32
Yep, they live in a world devoid of facts and memes arthritisR_US Dec 2016 #45
Some people blame Carter for the Housing Bubble. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #35
They will blame Obama and the Dems--and voters will buy the obvious lie. nt tblue37 Dec 2016 #7
They will blame Obama and the Dems--and voters will buy the obvious lie. LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #13
You get it! Cosmocat Dec 2016 #26
There will be a massive distraction from all that. yodermon Dec 2016 #8
They'll cry conspiracy as usual NCDem777 Dec 2016 #9
That is the big issue. Willie Pep Dec 2016 #18
Yep Cosmocat Dec 2016 #25
Ask a Cubs fan world wide wally Dec 2016 #10
No, nor does he need an election... we're proper fucked until we get voter suppression reveresed uponit7771 Dec 2016 #16
He might get away with it. HassleCat Dec 2016 #12
Crap, I thought the UE rate was better at the end of RayGuns first term and that's why he got in goo uponit7771 Dec 2016 #17
I know someone who threw breakables when they heard the wall wasn't going to happen. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2016 #14
They won't care. They're so thankful that he saved them from "Crooked Hillary " Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #19
Yep Cosmocat Dec 2016 #24
I don't think they care about any of their so-called issues treestar Dec 2016 #20
Yep Cosmocat Dec 2016 #23
Some won't care, some will blame the Ds, only a minority will be angry. DetlefK Dec 2016 #21
Yep Cosmocat Dec 2016 #22
a lot wont care... Locrian Dec 2016 #27
There will be a diversion ala Reichstag fire, WTC or something else. TexasProgresive Dec 2016 #28
That's what scapegoats are for C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #29
"So... what will happen when Trump fails to deliver?" DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #30
Yes! Manufacture more fear of enemies. Scared people cheyanne Dec 2016 #44
SS and Medicare enid602 Dec 2016 #33
What will happen is what always happens. Dems will be elected to clean up the mess. Vinca Dec 2016 #34
Trump's inevitable failures can resurect the Democratic Party. Paladin Dec 2016 #36
He'll just say that he "drained the swamp"... kentuck Dec 2016 #37
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #38
My husband predicts he will get impeached, and will still win reelection. Coventina Dec 2016 #39
That's my question too Emilybemily Dec 2016 #40
I'm rooting for Trump to fail JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #41
They'll do what they always do: Blame Women, Blacks, and Latinos Yavin4 Dec 2016 #42
Option Three CanonRay Dec 2016 #43
If he makes life difficult for the "others" bighart Dec 2016 #46
They'll blame whoever Trump wants them to blame lunatica Dec 2016 #47
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