I often see letters to the editors and postings on various websites about social imbalances, but almost always without any realistic suggestions of how to solve this ongoing problem. Instead many/ most of these people, canalizing their frustrations into writings, keep looking for the "strong man with the magic wand" that in a second or less will make everything good for his followers. A sad delusion which reminds me of the hordes of naive Germans sitting in a crumbling Berlin, but still feeling sure that Hitler will save them with some "master plan" of their own imagination. Such a dependence on "strong men" isn't only stupid, but may also be turn socially suicidal, an unpleasant truth which the believers back away from, still desperately looking for a more convenient life lie about a "savior".
I've learnt a lot about the thinking of ordinary, non-rich Americans by reading some of the postings on these websites. For instance it seems that most/many of them don't believe in Global warming, in science as such, unpleasant historical facts, all of which they just refuse to take into account for e.g. whom they will vote for. As to the insurrection on January 6th which everybody is thinking of these days "it didn't happen or was done by the Democrats/FBI/Obama/Biden/Nancy Pelosi" to incriminate the "strong, non-criminal man, Trump". A "proof" of the strength of Trump is "that he has a strong hold on Putin", not he, but the Russian dictator is the "puppet on a string". Somehow Don the Con has attained the image of being a self-made, honest businessman. His father giving him a large sum of money, $400.000.000, which he squandered on wild schemes, the many bankruptcies, and all sorts of legal problems are being "explained" by "evil people are out for him". They keep trusting him and accusing Obama, Joe and Hunter Biden of being the "real culprits who are scheming to rob the ordinary hard-working American of money. This money they obtain through taxes which they are going to transfer to China."
I haven't seen any of these crazy/deluded people attacking their hero, Don the Con, over this evil tax scheme, and I bet they will deny its existence or blame Obama or Biden. Nonetheless it's obvious from what I've seen in postings and letters to the editors that what is of most concern to these people is their own economics. They know that they can't have a good life in a country like America without money. I suppose it's possible to live on the monthly Social Security-check, but still, it only replaces part of the income of most of the retired citizens so it's understandable that they are worried and driven by worry into accepting lies and crazy notions of Don the Con and his henchmen. To them it's obvious that Biden not only wants to take away their guns and social security, but also to start a civil war. Another concern is their fright of becoming car-less: The gasoline powered cars will be extinct by 2025 which will leave everyone without a car as most of them can't afford buying a new electric car. Also, no one wants these electric cars which they see as new and strange, a crazy whim of a president they don't love like they love Don the Con, no matter what ....
It's tempting to see these people as stupid, but they are not: They watch the system, which they know - at least up to a point - and they evaluate it as something of vital interest to people who can't stuff their pockets with money from others. One can't reproach them for this knowledge which everything in their life has taught them, over and over again: This is how the system is working so let us do everything in our power to stop that boat from rocking and stick with "the man with the magic wand" ....
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