Trump Gets A Pass In The Media For One Reason: He's Rich [View all]

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And being rich makes him a celebrity in this country, and if you're rich and/or a celebrity in this country, you and your opinion are held in higher regard than are regular people and their opinions.

It goes back at least to the Reagan years, where that poor excuse for an American said that he believed that America was still a place where anyone could become a millionaire. Not that they could become a great teacher, or scientist, or lawyer, or humanitarian...or grow up to be president. A millionaire, like making money was the defining trait of what it means to be American.

Since then, we have seen the adulation of the rich grow from a cottage industry into a full-blown political leg of American life. The rich are paraded on TV to opine on every subject imaginable. I guess the idea is that if you've figured out how to be rich, why, you must be smarter than the vast percentage of Americans who aren't rich. It matters not if your wealth was inherited (like Trump) or earned by the sweat of your brow, or because you came up with an idea at the right time that just took off (Facebook, Apple). If you're rich, well, we want to hear from you!

I'm convinced that the disdain many R pundits hold for poor people is based on the fact that they themselves are rich, rich simply because they toe the RW line, spew the lies and are well compensated for their lies. Deep down inside, they realize that they're not worth all that money. They realize that their careers are something of a sham. But realizing this, they can't believe that all those poor people haven't been able to figure out how easy it is to get rich. Hell, look at me! I really have nothing to offer, and yet, I'm filthy rich. How hard can it be? If you can't figure out how to get rich, fuck you.

And that's why the media built up Trump the way they did. That's why they continue to treat him like a serious candidate. He's rich! He's worth talking to and talking about!