Good god, Deplorables have the IQ of eggplants.

[wonkwest]

9. When a government doesn't work for people, they'll reach for stupid things

Cobain wasn't a prophet. It's written into every history book ever on Western History.

The people who are surprised surprise. Really? You didn't see this coming? At all?

I don't expect everyone to be a history major, but it was apparently a tall order for our self-appointented commentariat to know.

Trump succeeds because politicians failed. Power failed. So you have a lot of people running around making choices based on their feelings.

And look where that's getting us.

But let's pretend none of us hold no responsibility for any of this. That'll make things better.

Trump is an inexpressed id. A nasty one in many ways. But an id of a frustrated Republic nonetheless. We ignore and dismiss that and feel superior to that at our peril. You can be smarter. Many of us are. But, where you have voters, newp. You'll fuck yourself, then wonder why.