Friday, December 29, 2023

Something is wrong

Just toured the Ohio valley where Kadizzle was born and raised. The videos are depressing. The houses are run down the towns have shrunk, and the entire situation is just plain depressing. Every time Kadizzle tours the East coast same reaction. Suddenly it occurred to me why people are willing to go for Trump. People have a natural sense they have been robbed. If life isn't working out for you, you need someone to blame. In these towns that once made America great, there is not industry. The steel industry, the glass industry, and even the coal industry is gone. 

People watch television and they see other people with decent homes, and lives, and incomes, but it aint workin for them. The poverty in this country is insane. When you look at the average income of people in West Virginia and the busted flat southern states you realize some people moved ahead, but a lot were left behind. People end up thinking " anything would be better than this" .  That is the appeal of Trump, he is something different. In a sea of ignorance everything looks like a life raft. The regular politicians have miserably failed so many people. The dumb Hoopleheads say, " Lets try a dictator". 

History, that lesson teacher. Germany was a mess after world war one. Well lets try something, anything, the Germans figured. Why not some crazy man who promises change. The best part of Hitler was he said it is not your fault. Sound familiar? How did the old snake oil salesmen work the crowd? The promise of change. Lottery tickets and gambling tell you how desperate people are.  In the old days people saved and invested, those days are gone. Now you bet ten dollars on change, and  you lose.  Next you bet democracy on a nut case like Trump, and lose again. 

It all comes back to the same thing. People have been pillaged by the one percent. The rich took the money and moved to enclaves of prosperity leaving the Hoopleheads in the dust. With their heads spinning wondering why they are broke the picking for Trump is ripe. Just like Hitler all it takes is a story. The essence of the story is it is not your fault. China, migrants, and liberals are the people who have left you in a slum shack. I can fix that. Yup, sounds good to me. 

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