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Are Trump supporters just fueled by Racism & Hate? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by BadmanDan@lemmy.world to c/AskUSA@discuss.online

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Gonna keep this short and straight to the point, we all know how they act.

With trump siding with the Tech Bros Billionaires on immigration, even after his most die hard supporters were against it. I see several MAGAS just falling in line with Elon calling them stupid and that’s why we need more educated and qualified people to take these better jobs (whilst we’re on the cusp of deleting the Department of Education).

Anyone with functions eyes and ears can tell you they’ve been played, but they’re still deeply loyal to trump even though he back tracking on one of his biggest (and few) positions. Without mass deportations or hawkish immigration laws. What the hell does trump even offer to these people other than the occasional dog whistles they love?

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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 10 points 4 days ago

Sin is never a sufficient explanation for human behavior - people don't just support trump because they are bad people and have bad qualities.

All behavior is an attempt to meet needs. There's a complex set of identities, explanations of the world, feelings of safety and material benefits that they're attempting to access by aligning with a powerful figure during uncertain times.