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Weber theorises that Trump believes in neither state nor society, but in an extreme version of American capitalism without rules and that he sees the highest human purpose as self-enrichment.

Indeed this is absurd. I often wonder what kind of echo chamber people that say things like this live in. On the contrary Trump wants a TON of rules on economics and capitalism. Tariffs are not a free market idea. He wants to do all sorts of things that meddle with free trade. In some ways he's more into that sort of thing than the establishment. Its just that his approach and goals are very different and different is bad.

If there is one takeaway from most of the hatred of Trump it is that change is bad. They mostly hate Trump because he is to them, regressing the US to the past. To a time where tariffs were used to fund the government. When nationalism was not viewed as anything but the norm. When people had pride in their nation (people/culture) and religion was just a given in society.

This might sound like glowing praise of Trump. Not my intention. But I don't think people realize just how much the elite class hates most American's views. The common man has little in common with the academic and ruling classes. We are just stupid peasants to them. I don't think Trump is some savior but if you care to look, he has exposed how deep the divide has become in America. He did not create it. He exposed it.

Totally.

And the massive difference between one tiny thing someone (a bullshitter, alas) says, and what they actually do!

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