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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (278375)	9/11/2015 11:11:50 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540730

Todds thinking is even further in the weeds. Everyone is overthinking this. People are just mad at government. Simple. Steve, it is far too simple. Government in our democracy is a reflection of the people in the country. What people really are "mad at" is the fact that we live in a fractured highly diversified society with hugely disparate interests and belief systems. It is both economically and ideologically diverse (I am using the term "ideological" here to cover "religion" as well as "philosophy"; that is, generic systems of belief, overall mindsets) and fractured. The economy used to generate plenty of jobs for people who had many different levels of education. And it used to be the case that people could discriminate against certain groups pretty much with impunity. Neither of these things are true any more and the friction is palpable. People being "mad at government" is really shorthand for saying that people are mad at our current socio-cultural historical situation.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (278375)	9/11/2015 1:06:10 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540730

"People are just mad at government" Absolutely. They want the government to keep its hands off their Medicare.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (278375)	9/11/2015 2:29:04 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540730

Do you think the voters are happy with how politics has been working in Washington DC. No one, let alone me, is asserting that. The only ones I know who might be reasonably satisfied are folk who know how to work the system. But those dissatisfactions translate into such different proposals that putting them in the same bag misses all the important stuff. Sanders folk want the government to do more to reduce inequality, they want more government programs like single payer health care systems, having the wealthy pay reasonably fair amounts for their taxes, and so on. Best I can tell at the moment is that the Trump folk, in so far as there is a single theme, want a strong man who'll keep those feared/hated "others" at bay. So they'll tolerate all sorts of character flaws if he comes through on that score.