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 Haha yes. You are correct. Those that loathe autonomy, the rule of law, and beckon for a fictitious moral high-ground based in what this conversation started to be, hate Trump. It is the proverbial Trump supporters fault that they feel depressed, angry, unwanted, etc. They need an external enemy, in order to claim victimhood, so they artificially find a way to claim they can be whole again without so much as a single finger pointing back at them. I feel this way or this person(s) has/have been wronged because of systemic issue orchestrated by people that look like Trump for hundreds of years. So what’s the solution? Equal rights under tha law and work hard to provide for your family? No, that implies personal onus. I’m a victim and I want somebody else to make me whole, because there’s nothing wrong with me. Apolosh the police. From the river to the sea. Pay reparations. Math is racist. Love is love. Gender and sex are different. 

See what I mean?

The irony is, the more they look for government or an ethic of people to fix their issues, either physical or mental or spiritual or whatever it may be, the worse their situation will grow. 

“For I am unhappy and feel as though I have been wronged! Fix my situation, oh government, or I shall do away with thee.”
-Somebody smarter than me.