"Do we want Trump to fail?"

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40. Symmetry, yes. Alike, no.

Their "fear" of Obama was not based on fear of his policies truly destroying the country. In fact, much is not "fear" at all. Frustration maybe, but not "fear". From the pols and rich, frustration of their inability to gut ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, SS, etc and grab those last evasive dollars with their bloody red hands. There was no "fear" of the country collapsing into chaos or tragedy. Those fears simply weren't there. Nobody truly thought that ever-so-slightly more stringent air/water regulations were going to strangle the country and plunge it into a dystopian hellhole...they might truly disagree but did not "fear". The same can be said for policies regarding inheritance taxes, unemployment insurance, and myriad others. If there was any "fear" it was fear that these policies would prove popular and effective, thus subjecting any of their future pronouncements to deeper scrutiny.

Amongst us hoi-polloi, those who are neither rich nor powerful, there was no widespread fear of nuclear destruction. There was true fear of losing a job (and all that can accompany that situation). A truly respectful fear that is. A fear all of us may have felt, coal miner or no. But a "fear" of BLM? No. A "fear" of clean water regulations? No. A "fear" of Grandma getting too much healthcare from Medicare? No. A "fear" of political correctness? No.

I submit that the fears of Trump, while symmetrical, are objectively different than the fears of Obama/Clinton/Dems-In-General. The fears of Trump are based on "the world", fairness, sustainability, equality.

Theirs, amongst the pols and rich, are based on simple greed. The hindrance we are to their squeezing the last of our dignity from us till we fall to our knees pleading for any small crumb of sustenance. Amongst the more common (but Republican) folk, theirs is a more personal fear. Jobs, identity, a place in the world. But they don't "fear" not being able to call a Black "that word". It pisses them off, but that's not fear.

I know I know...way too rambling and disjointed. But I think you get my drift.

Geez, Bradical79 said in 1/4 of the words what I was trying to say.