How did Trump win?

By Doug Kanentiio George.

He based his campaign on a formula that has proven to be very effective in past elections. He was able to convince millions of Americans to vote against their own self interests. He will affect a massive shift in economic wealth (behavioral economics) which will leave the majority of his supporters further into poverty. He did this by the following:

-fear and racial bias. He hammered home the threat of millions of brown skinned aliens invading the US to murder, rape and pillage-while stealing American jobs. This was an obvious, provable lie but it was instinctive: us versus the other. It also rises its ugly head among religious groups who most easily use their respective beliefs to dehumanize others.

-victimization: he convinced his followers that they were being exploited by an anonymous elite-that the wealth of the nation was being withheld from them even as he made it plain his proposed tax cuts will go the already wealthy. He totally eclipsed the mess he left for Joe Biden and the hundreds of thousands who died during the COVID 19 epidemic under his tenure. He also cited the highly educated as disdainful of the common man.

-blame: someone else is to blame for their condition. They need to shift responsibility for any and all problems to other groups other than their own. This is simple to do if the “other” are readily identifiable in action, word or dress.

Harris made the classic blunder of appealing to the good will and rationality of the masses when history’s lesson is obvious: fear trumps hope, bias obscures unity, envy overwhelms equality and blame is more powerful than responsibility.

For Akwesasne-and all Native people especially the Mohawks, there may be ramifications on the border. The blatant smuggling in human beings, narcotics and tobacco will not be tolerated by a nation with a heightened sense of sensitivity along the international boundary.

Akwesasne has long been an irritant to both the Canadian and American federal agencies. Human trafficking in New York and Vermont has been cited by politicians as areas of concern. In the enthusiasm to show the strength of the US stronger enforcement may be expected.

The solution is simple if not easy: have the Akwesasronon enact their own laws and have both current police departments work in tandem to stop the smuggling along with an organized Mohawk citizens group to patrol the territory’s rivers.

Otherwise expect the federals to intrude with predictable reaction.

Expect those already on the defensive to be further marginalized.

To see how the works visually watch All the Kings Men with Broderick Crawford.