The worker at a MAGA rally and the worker on a picket line at the deepest level are upset about the same thing: that the system is rigged against them.

Jan 10, 2022 · 12:32 PM UTC

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Only the worker has evidence.
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They’re upset that the system is slowly but surely getting un-rigged. There are many people in this country who were raised to feel entitled to dominance(white cishet abled men particularly) & they experience equality as oppression.
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…No. Just factually incorrect.
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it doesn't matter...its how they handle it and the conclusion they draw: Trump will save them from those trying to actually save them; or they have to work to keep him at bay for a more perfect union. That's a big difference between the two.
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The worker at a MAGA rally is upset because they fear the system will not longer be rigged in their favor, actually.
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MAGA folks are surprisingly wealthy white folks, against whom the system is definitely not rigged, despite the endless grievance politics pushed by FOX et al. "The Post after the 2016 election reported, “Among people who said they voted for Trump in the general election, 35% 1/2
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They also have wildly different definitions for the words "system" and "them."
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indeed. aside from who they are, what they believe and what they want to do about it, they are exactly the same.
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Government, it’s government.
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