Excerpt from this Substack post: https://nickrafter.substack.com/p/the-rent-may-always-be-too-damn-high
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2026
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I mean, its not dumb. From their information sphere, this would make a lot of sense.
Its literally what Trump railed about, what they were bombarded with, which he said because it was popular. Of course theyre gonna vote for someone who says the same things.
Many have noted that Trump's rhetoric basically burned down US conservative ethos, and this is the fallout in action. Not that he cares; Trump couldnt care less about the Republican party beyond the benefit to him, which he is quite explicit about.
Conservatives believed a lot.of thugs that were just racism in disguise. Trump threw out the disguise and they loved him for it, they gave them what they wanted directly and not Indirectly. But cost of living is too high to go back to the old ways
Racists are certainly in Trump's tent and love him, but I think it's a mistake to overgeneralize all Trumpsters as primarily motivated by racism.
I think most of it is just personalized information bubbles. Which this article supports. People get fed what they want in their feed, see politics through a sycophantic lens; Trump is just the current lighting rod for all that attention.