A woman told CNN that she voted for President-elect Donald Trump despite believing him to be a “horrible human being” and comparing him to feces.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid

In elections, the economy is the base of the pyramid. Other things like trans rights or genocide of other people in another country are at the top of the triangle. Something you can sway voters with only if they feel the rest of the pyramid is stable for then. It would be nice if people as a whole could take a longer view of things, but we’re just advanced animals in the end

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There’s no reason to believe Trump will be good for the economy, so I think it’s less “the economy, stupid” and more “the stupid”

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In elections, the economy is the base of the pyramid.

In fact, the economic mode of production is the basis for its self-aggrandizing government and culture

Economic base and superstructure

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