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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 4536379" data-attributes="member: 66082">I am afraid, this thread is at the dark heart of what trump truly represents.&nbsp; Here is my belief about what is going on in American politics.There is a large group of Americans who for much of our history, dominated this society in ever aspect, they and they alone decided who mattered, who was educated, who was a full citizen, who had rights.&nbsp; And they created an America in which millions of other Americans they considered to be outgroups had no power and just did not matter.Today that same large group of Americans still dominate America in most ways that matter, but their dominance is not complete and maybe weakening over time, and this group of Americans who have outsized power and influence are pushing back, and they see themselves as the real Americans and America as theirs.&nbsp; In trump, they say someone who shared their same beliefs about who counted as real Americans, in trump they saw someone who was all about dominance over those outgroups, and they saw trump as someone who would be chaos because many of them have decided that an America where they don&#039;t dominate and have to share power with those outgroups is not an America worth having.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 4536379, member: 66082"] I am afraid, this thread is at the dark heart of what trump truly represents. Here is my belief about what is going on in American politics. There is a large group of Americans who for much of our history, dominated this society in ever aspect, they and they alone decided who mattered, who was educated, who was a full citizen, who had rights. And they created an America in which millions of other Americans they considered to be outgroups had no power and just did not matter. Today that same large group of Americans still dominate America in most ways that matter, but their dominance is not complete and maybe weakening over time, and this group of Americans who have outsized power and influence are pushing back, and they see themselves as the real Americans and America as theirs. In trump, they say someone who shared their same beliefs about who counted as real Americans, in trump they saw someone who was all about dominance over those outgroups, and they saw trump as someone who would be chaos because many of them have decided that an America where they don't dominate and have to share power with those outgroups is not an America worth having. [/QUOTE]

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