The Trump Hypothesis
Hillary wants to be president. It seems like we don't know all the reasons why, but it's likely that the main reason is money, and the money gained by the connections she will get and the influence she can apply. It's also painfully clear that Hillary isn't in it to improve the country. She is not a public servant.
The problem for her is that she isn't electable material. People don't trust her. So what could she do to make herself more electable? Running to be the first female president requires no effort on her part since she's already female. Now, to make that more important than her huge shortcomings, there's The Donald. He spouts off stuff against minorities and, more importantly, women and is about the most anti-democrat he can be. To us, he's terrifying. He makes Hillary looks absolutely great. Hillary can easily run a campaign about sexism.
Also, what Trump says is like crack to the base of the Republican Party. They love the shit he spouts and they got addicted to it very quickly. The base isn't that big - the Republicans can't win an election with just the base, but they also can't denounce Trump without alienating that base. With Trump bringing out all the stuff that was kept just below the surface, he is doing long-lasting damage to the carefully crafted party and they know it, but are powerless to stop it. By being pure and uncut, Trump was able to knock out all the actual Republicans from the race.
Trump is the grenade lobbed by Hillary at the Republican party.
Now along comes Sanders and he's the real threat. He actually is a public servant who isn't in it to enrich himself. He espouses all the values that the Democratic Party says it has, but really doesn't. He lays bare al reality that is just under the surface for us. Since Hillary's campaign is tooled to fight misogynists, the obvious thing is to make Bernie into a misogynist and fight against that, which is precisely what they did by creating the BernieBro myth.
We're pawns, or more precisely, we're suckers. So are the republican rank and file. All are being led around by their noses. Is Hillary going to be a good president? It's been clear for a long time that she will not. She will help Wall Street and the banks, she'll help her and her friends amass wealth through wars, and we've already seen her drop programs that would help actual people. We complain that Republicans aren't about making the country work but rather are just in it to enrich themselves, and we're right. Hillary is the same way, just with a (D)ifferent label.
So next time you see Trump, remember he's just an actor playing the part he was born for. He's a paid troll (although we will probably never know how he's paid and what he gets out of this, just like we'll never know what Hillary said to Goldman). Trump is a bigger version than all the paid trolls that infiltrate places like this on the 'net.
Now be good pawns and vote for your side.
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