Another side of Andy Borowitz

[paleotn]

61. If it were education....

younger voters would turn out for Trump in droves. They don't, and they're the ones saddled with this jackass, teach to the test education system. No, Trumpers are mostly of my generation, my race and my socio-economic background. We had basic civics as a requirement for HS graduation. It didn't matter. In my mind, what we have is a whole generation of white people rolling around in self pity because people who look just like them appear to be losing their monopoly on political and economic power. They're losing that race based deference their parents and grandparents benefited from.

They're losing things given to them just because they're white. They're having trouble competing on a playing field that's becoming more level every year and they're pissed about it. They never wanted a level playing field. They want to stay on top and they don't want to do anything to get there. We're moving into an economy where retraining every so often will be the norm, not the exception. Where changing careers due to economics and technology is simply a necessity. And they will continue to fall further and further behind. Scapegoats! That's what they want, and by god Donald J. Trump gives them loads and loads of scapegoats for their troubles.