I've been awake since 01:49. Wake up to piss, go back to bed and lie awake wondering why people want to vote for Donald Trump.
I don't know that I've come to any stunning insight, but it seems to me that these people are among those, from any time in history, who want to "Round 'em up!"
Immigration seems like the biggest issue for the Republican Party. An easy "other" to demonize.
"Round 'em up!"
Expel them from the country.
Germany in 1933? The Jews.
"Round 'em up!"
Originally they supposedly just wanted to expel them from Germany, but we know how that worked out.
America in 1941? The Japanese.
"Round 'em up!"
America in 1830? The Five Civilized Tribes.
"Round 'em up!"
America in the '50s? The communists.
"Round 'em up!"
(Probably couldn't "expel" them from the country so soon after WW II, but they did expel them from economic and cultural life.)
Fugitive slaves?
"Round 'em up!"
I definitely think this is, either consciously or unconsciously, the thing that most appeals to Trump voters. There are people who feel as though there are always some "others" who are getting something they don't deserve and the expense of the "good people." People who feel as though they might be better off if those "others" weren't "scamming the system."
This idea of "rough men," with guns and wearing uniforms "rounding 'em up," appeals to them. Excites them. Because it is "action," taken for them. "Protecting" them. Their "way of life."
Their pets.
I think they know this at some level. I think they're not proud of it. That's why the enthusiasm level is down. They're still going to vote for him, but they're not proud of it.
They want those "others" rounded up. Locked up. Roughed up.
Kicked out. To the curb.
To, "Make America Great Again."
Originally posted at Nice Marmot 04:53 Tuesday, 22 October 2024