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{"id":1153,"date":"2017-06-01T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T23:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jstrauss.me\/blog\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2017-06-01T15:27:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T23:27:22","slug":"the-zero-sum-worldview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jstrauss.me\/blog\/2017\/06\/the-zero-sum-worldview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Zero-Sum Worldview"},"content":{"rendered":"President Trump has just announced the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accords against the advice of the entire global scientific community, much of the American business community, and even many of his own advisors. There has been no shortage of ink spilled analyzing why 63M Americans \u2013 mostly white, less educated, and non-urban \u2013 voted for Trump, and the (somewhat patronizing) consensus of the left is some combination of outright racism, fear\/anger, and deception. But what about the Trump supporters and enablers who haven\u2019t been hoodwinked, who have no reason to be blinded by rage, and who likely know firsthand much worse behavior than we have observed from the outside?<\/p>\n
What motivates the Republican politicians that endorsed (and now shield) Trump and the large conservative donors that continue to tacitly if not explicitly condone his actions? These are largely educated, wealthy, urban elites \u2013\u00a0exactly the same type of people they have mobilized millions of Americans to despise. What explains this schism among the \u201celites\u201d who, unlike most of the country, share both a clear-eyed understanding of the consequences of Trump\u2019s actions and huge financial incentives to support them? If the most fundamental human motivators are fear and greed, why do identical circumstances inspire greed in conservative elites and fear in liberal elites?<\/strong><\/p>\n