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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Marker: December 9, 2024
Date: 12/10/24 11:49 AM
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He is on their side.

Nah. He panders to 'their side.'

This is classic: working-class voters, harbor deep resentment toward elites who they feel are telling them how to live their lives, even what to think and say,

They feel that way because there's a lot of money to be made spreading that message to the lower middle and lower economic brackets, the "working-class voters". Limbaugh, Gingrich, and frauds like Trump use the power of mass media to spread misinformation to convince "working-class voters" that upper-middle class people, "elites" are the enemy.

The 10% are 'others'; a convenient buffer for the 1% . Trump creates a scapegoat very well.
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