This morning, my portfolio is up massively, which is full of conventional investments, also likely my crypto investment will do quite well with time. And yet, I am uncomfortable.
This is where I am. I am not happy with my gains. I should be, but I would give them up to have him not be the winner. I am concerned about many of the things he said he will do that will affect people less fortunate than me. I am concerned about what he will inspire in others. I think this pump is only a pump anyway and will go back to where it was in a few days to a few weeks. This euphoria in the market right now makes me feel like it is dirty money and I don't like it.
But it is as it is. As Jon Stewart said when he signed off, "It's not over"
On a different note, I really am very very curious what caused this shift to the right in all groups. I have seen some posts on FB from people claiming to be moderates who said they voted for him because the fear-mongering from the Left was sickening and they don't think he will do any of the things the Left said he will, so they voted for him. That seems like a silly reason to me (to put it mildly) but I wonder if others share that idea and it moved people.
I have done some reading both before and after. I can especially comment on the south. The black votes in Georgia. There is a very good piece here.
The reason is various for various group of people and one thing they all agreed that economy is really bad, Democratic Party and current govt broke it and Trump will fix it. This is the belief. Whether it’s true or not matters not, this is the belief and it’s a great sales pitch
Interesting timing. Just before I read your reply, I saw this on Mastodon:
One of the best first sentence I have read in recent times
“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,”