I'm very grateful for your thinking here. I've (mostly) kept talking with an old friend who has veered (via RFK) toward supporting Trump. It has nothing to do with the racism/bigotry (which genuinely give him pause) but with the sense that everything is breaking, the Democrats are too distanced from any of that to notice or care, and at least Trump is connected to what a lot of people feel. I may think that supporting Trump is a poor response to these realities, but on an emotional/psychological level I understand viscerally where my friend is coming from.
I'm very grateful for your thinking here. I've (mostly) kept talking with an old friend who has veered (via RFK) toward supporting Trump. It has nothing to do with the racism/bigotry (which genuinely give him pause) but with the sense that everything is breaking, the Democrats are too distanced from any of that to notice or care, and at least Trump is connected to what a lot of people feel. I may think that supporting Trump is a poor response to these realities, but on an emotional/psychological level I understand viscerally where my friend is coming from.
Exactly this. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Agreed, thank you so much for verbalizing what I was feeling but didn’t have the words for!
Thanks for writing this; can’t wait for the performance.