They aren't marginalized or 'left behind,' though they feel excluded. They want to keep their white, Christian, male privilege.

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Many factors explain why people across Western democracies vote for politicians like former President Trump, including economic concerns, rural resentment and racial animosity. Although Trump supporters have been characterized as “left behind,” “stigmatized” or even “marginalized,” these ascriptions are dangerously off base.

For one, they fuel the self-victimization narratives common among radical right movements, driving conspiracies and support for this ideology. Moreover, they neglect that historically powerful groups such as white people, men and Christians are overrepresented among Trump supporters. Even today, these groups remain privileged politically, economically and culturally. By objective measures, most Trump supporters are not left behind, stigmatized or marginalized.

  • forrcaho@lemmy.world
    501·
    2 months ago

    They aren’t marginalized or ‘left behind,’ though they feel excluded. They want to keep their white, Christian, male privilege.

    That pretty much sums it up – do I even need to read the article?

        • Billiam@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 months ago

          The people who have nothing to be proud of except their skin color or what genitals they have are now being told those aren’t something they should be proud of. And now they realize that they don’t have anything to be proud of, they’re rebelling. But they’re blaming those they look down on, instead of directing their rage at the real reason they have nothing- the wealthy ownership class and the political party they control.

      • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        I don’t like how this phrase has been weaponized but yeah nobody can deny that this is what’s happening here

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 months ago

      No, it’s wrong.

      They are left behind.

      Because they choose to deny reality, believing we’re still back in the later roman era where the church controls all and slaves exist to serve their bidding.

      We don’t point at the Taliban and say “Oh, the poor, left behind, economically anxious, marginalized rural folk!”

      You can’t point at Dixiecrats and act like they’re some kind of innocent victims in this, they’ve had a century and a half to actually try to do anything and they’ve doubled down every time.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    252·
    2 months ago

    What the media still gets wrong about Trump supporters is that the vast majority of them are some combination of stupid, racist, or psychopathically greedy. Stop beating around the fucking bush.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      They’re dixiecrats still screaming because we took their segregation away.

      That’s all they’ve ever had, and it looks like it’s all they’ll ever be.

    • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      I remember hearing an interview with a guy who studied the Jan 6 insurrection. He found that the most common demographic other than white, male, and Christian was that they were a small business owner.

  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
    41·
    2 months ago

    George Carlin explains the MAGA cult almost perfectly:

    “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”