There's a perception that whiteness feels threatened by demographic changes and cultural shifts. Many voters are struggling with rising living costs, leading them to support candidates who may not align with their values. Some believe people are disillusioned with the political system, feeling their lives aren't fair despite living in a prosperous country. They may choose to vote for unconventional candidates out of frustration with the status quo. However, there's skepticism about whether economic concerns are the true motivation behind these votes. The belief is that many voters are aware of the candidates' flaws but choose to ignore them, leading to a disconnect between their choices and the reality of the situation.
Speaker 0: There's this sense, right, that whiteness, right, is under threat. The demographic shifts the country isn't what all of these racially ambiguous children on Cheerios commercials are confusing the hell out of me.
Speaker 1: Patty, a lot of people voted because their life's too damn expensive, and it and it was here, and it was They
Speaker 0: voted for you're telling me, Stephanie, that all of these people who believe that their lives are that bread is too high and eggs are too high, that they voted for a convicted fella, a guy who said we can grab the pee.
Speaker 1: I think that a lot of people
Speaker 0: have passed the
Speaker 1: I'm not defending it. But I think there are tons of people that don't pay attention to and I'm not defending it. Don't pay attention to politics at all. But we while we live in the most prosperous country in the world, people are saying, life's not fair. I'm not doing well.
My son's still living in the basement. I can't seem to get a job. I don't like the status quo of voting for something else, and he will
Speaker 0: I love you
Speaker 1: to lie. Love you.
Speaker 0: But I do not believe that. Mhmm. I cannot believe that. And the reason I think you believe it is because you don't want to believe that that's what's really motivating them. It's always the case.
We people don't wanna believe what the country actually is because if they believe it, they're gonna have to confront what's in them. I don't believe that. They voted for a crook, a person who they know is stealing from just doing everything to undermine the so called country that they love. And then they're telling us the BS that it's economics. We know that's not true.