And Trump has won. I'm very disappointed, and feeling vaguely inclined to retaliation, but I realize that my 'bubble' is strongly liberal. When I started teaching here in Billtown, I began to realize that there was a stubbornly xenophobic group among the students, with whom I had continual run-ins. In retrospect, it seems obvious that the general population is similar. 'We want to do things the way we're used to doing it,' was their war cry, and that's the attitude Trump has seemingly adopted.
But is there room for an old- style robber baron in our government? The people said: well, sure! If he's our robber baron!
Is there some way that, if left alone, the country will see the benefit of—what Democrats would call—a more balanced approach? Probably not. Can the Republican spin doctors fix the disastrous results of Trump's wilder schemes? Easy. For four entire years? Easy. Particularly easy with an audience that doesn't read straight news much.
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