The Guardian nails it: White working class votes for white supremacists. Period.

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73. A lot of Americans cling to our mythology.

Our national mythology is that God gave America to white Christian men to make a civilization out of the wilderness with the help of only their horses, dogs, and wives.

Despite the fact that this myth is almost entirely wrong, it persists in our national psyche. Check out the number of shows made by Taylor Sheridan, for instance.

This myth is the reason why so many Americans are fearful of socialism and communism, fearful of women's and gay rights, fearful of Black people and non-white immigrants, and fearful of any supposed "attack" on Christianity even when they don't attend church themselves. And they go bananas if anything else is taught in schools.

The myth of a strong, stoic white man building a life in the wilderness with only his hands is appealing as a fantasy and it's the reason we're so weak. We reject everything that makes modern nations strong.