Interesting read on the themes that Trump has seemed to hit upon, even if he himself is pretty much an *******.
https://providencemag.com/2016/08/globalism-identity-politics/
Very brief summary below
It's not a bad summary of the very best light of the viewpoints that Trump has seemed to capitalize on. I offer this not as a support of Trump, who I think it one of the deplorables of DC politics, but as an opportunity to analyze what the underlying emotional issues and needs of some parts of America that he seems to be capturing in a way that no one else has been able to.
https://providencemag.com/2016/08/globalism-identity-politics/
Very brief summary below
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- Because States are territories within which specific laws are enforced, borders matter. Borders matter.
- Because the laws of States work only when people are acculturated to them and adopt them as their own, legal immigration of people from cultures not accustomed to the laws of the State and their practical foundation must proceed slowly, and with the understanding that it takes several generations to acculturate them. Immigration policy matters.
- Foreign policy is for the purpose of defending our own nation, not spending blood and treasure trying to persuade other nations to imitate our laws and ways. National interests, not so-called universal interests, matter.
- Because the United States is composed of immigrants, admission into the Middle Class, made possible by robust economic growth, must be among the highest domestic priorities. Crony-capitalism diminishes growth by pre-determining permanent winners and permanent losers. The spirit of entrepreneurship, not just state-sponsored "care" of docile citizens, matters.
- Because the sway of lobbyists in national politics grows in proportion to the growth of the federal government, the distorting power of lobbyists cannot be curtailed until the Constitutional limits on the federal government, established by the Founding Fathers, are observed anew. Federalism and the decentralization of power matters.
- Because "identity politics" undermines the idea of citizens who must engage one-another based not on their identity, but on "the content of their character" as Martin Luther King famously said, the politically correct speech that destroys citizenship and the possibility of any common accord about what personal and national greatness may involve must be roundly repudiated. Greatness matters; if we are to have it, personally and as a country, we must cast off PC speech that in "protecting" us from suffering causes us to be its victim in perpetuity.
It's not a bad summary of the very best light of the viewpoints that Trump has seemed to capitalize on. I offer this not as a support of Trump, who I think it one of the deplorables of DC politics, but as an opportunity to analyze what the underlying emotional issues and needs of some parts of America that he seems to be capturing in a way that no one else has been able to.