Why Trump will win again in 2020 (bigly)
People vote with their values. That's the big secret that populists understand perfectly well, but progressives and moderates find so difficult to embrace. When progressives wonder in despair why people vote against their self-interest, they fail to understand that these people vote in perfect alignment with the values. The linguist George Lakoff arguments time and again that every conservative policy follows from a strict-father family model, in which men stands above women and children, rich above poor, Christians above other religions, White above other races, etc... Trump is nothing more than the strict dad who follows the logical moral laws of the world. And while conservatives campaign very disciplined on values, liberals keep campaigning ons issues. When Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi gave her victory speech last week, she claimed that this election was won on the issue of healthcare (I quote: "Let's hear it now for pre-existing medical conditions. yiiiiiy"). That's when I realized we're going to have another 4 years of Trump. Democrats keep bringing steak knives to a gun fight.
Why Trump? A brilliant long-read by George Lakoff
The Framelab Podast with George Lakoff
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