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In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party Has a Fatal Misunderstanding of the QAnon Phenomenon [View all]radius777
(3,635 posts)The narrative from some on the left is that Trumpism is due to economic anxiety and lack of education - when we can clearly see than many if not most Trumpers are doing pretty well. Trump did get 74 million votes after all, not just the voters we think of as the stereotypical 'deplorable'.
The heart of Trumpism is racism/sexism/etc - IOW white identity politics - which spans the class and geographic spectrum.
RW fantasy such as the Xtian fundamentalism, the Big Lie, Q-Anon etc - are political constructs that the RW uses to drive an alternate reality where the Dem party and its constituents are out to destroy the 'true' (white) America and only the GOP can save them. They want to believe it and are emotionally tied to the narratives being true - and no amount of 'logic' will convince them otherwise.