My answer is that half the electorate feels perpetually aggrieved over a perceived loss of secure place in society, and accordingly takes pleasure in elevating the worst people out of spite.
And they convince themselves that they're right by insisting that the election was rigged and fastening on any and every grift that confirms their bias.
I agree with other commenters who note the American obsession with winning, but after all there are more winners now in the blue states than in the red ones. Silicon Valley is rife with winners. Wall Street too. Yet Trumpism loathes a certain kind of winner and adulates others. So I think the root obsession is with cultural dispossession.
It certainly seems there is a lot of spite in politics; perhaps it explains why so many vote against their own self-interest; perhaps spite trumps intelligent choice.
The key point here is that these people are NOT the winners (they see themselves cheated out of their rightful position and things)--it is the fact that there are seemingly a lot of winners in the Blue states that REALLY pisses them off.
Don't you know that those leftist/socialist practices and the lack of the right genes are supposed to be contributing to failure, not to success? The fact that it isn't that way is proof positive of some vast conspiracy.
There are a lot of post-college libertarian tech bros who are head over heels for Musk. I know several and live in DenverтАФa deep blue city filled with transplants from other deep blue cities.
Oh, them. I was in tech in the 80s and 90s, so I know who you mean. Are they equally head over heels for oil industry billionaires like the Kochs? Or is it just their Tech tribe?
From what IтАЩve seen, only Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, and Jordan Peterson share the same kind of absolute defense from the тАЬwinner worshipтАЭ crowd. Elon Musk is mostly who the tech bro/crypto bro types that want to see current institutions unravel worship because of his hype of DeFi and тАЬfree speech.тАЭ A lot of the current libertarian tech bro circuit were either prior тАЬRon Paul RevolutionтАЭ types or would have fit in perfectly back then. Just think of BTC as digital gold and thereтАЩs little difference between the libertarian DeFi movement and Ron Paulers who wanted us to go back to a gold standard. Both groups hate national fiat currencies under the control of the federal reserve.
My answer is that half the electorate feels perpetually aggrieved over a perceived loss of secure place in society, and accordingly takes pleasure in elevating the worst people out of spite.
And they convince themselves that they're right by insisting that the election was rigged and fastening on any and every grift that confirms their bias.
I agree with other commenters who note the American obsession with winning, but after all there are more winners now in the blue states than in the red ones. Silicon Valley is rife with winners. Wall Street too. Yet Trumpism loathes a certain kind of winner and adulates others. So I think the root obsession is with cultural dispossession.
It certainly seems there is a lot of spite in politics; perhaps it explains why so many vote against their own self-interest; perhaps spite trumps intelligent choice.
Strong emotion (love, hate, fear--choose one) invariably overwhelms rational choice.
Yes. Sigh.
The key point here is that these people are NOT the winners (they see themselves cheated out of their rightful position and things)--it is the fact that there are seemingly a lot of winners in the Blue states that REALLY pisses them off.
Don't you know that those leftist/socialist practices and the lack of the right genes are supposed to be contributing to failure, not to success? The fact that it isn't that way is proof positive of some vast conspiracy.
100%
Maybe this is why I don't know anyone who worships Elon Musk: I live in a blue state and grew up in one too.
There are a lot of post-college libertarian tech bros who are head over heels for Musk. I know several and live in DenverтАФa deep blue city filled with transplants from other deep blue cities.
Oh, them. I was in tech in the 80s and 90s, so I know who you mean. Are they equally head over heels for oil industry billionaires like the Kochs? Or is it just their Tech tribe?
From what IтАЩve seen, only Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, and Jordan Peterson share the same kind of absolute defense from the тАЬwinner worshipтАЭ crowd. Elon Musk is mostly who the tech bro/crypto bro types that want to see current institutions unravel worship because of his hype of DeFi and тАЬfree speech.тАЭ A lot of the current libertarian tech bro circuit were either prior тАЬRon Paul RevolutionтАЭ types or would have fit in perfectly back then. Just think of BTC as digital gold and thereтАЩs little difference between the libertarian DeFi movement and Ron Paulers who wanted us to go back to a gold standard. Both groups hate national fiat currencies under the control of the federal reserve.
All men. It looks like this is a white, male thing. (Thx for the details.)