oh yeah no it wasn't material conditions of mass poverty/exploitation and general loss of faith in current governance to solve the systemic issues underlying society it was the Great Man that did the thing ooo the big spooky great man ooooo
final assignment in this class thank fucking god
these people literally think that no one in rural america flet left behind by neoliberalism and the new financial economy until Trump suggested it to them
People in the rust belt will just tell you that they would never vote for Clinton bc of NAFTA. It was that simple.