Sure, I’ll attempt a steelman. I don’t know how well I’ll do, and the purpose of this question is to help me understand so I could do better, but why not have a before/after version. So here’s my initial attempt at a steelman (I guess it ended up being more “honest” than a normal steelman, more like “channeling” a rational Trump supporter.)
Ok, is Trump actually a genius? No. Is he the smartest, most moral, or otherwise flawless candidate? No. But I don’t need a role model to be President, I need someone who will create change, and Trump, more than any politician in my voting lifetime has offered a credible promise of change. Despite all the “Hope and Change” every politician promises, they only ever got to their current position by conforming to the current system and not rocking the boat. Trump is the first politician who got there by being independently wealthy and popular in the real world, outside of the political machine. And yeah, I’d support Musk or someone else who ran for office like that. I even liked Yang, though he had some ideas that were kind of out there for me. Trump doesn’t just promise change—he is a change from the norm.
Why do I want change? I don’t know—call me an optimist, but I gotta think we can do better than this. Maybe I’ve just bought the propaganda, but I believe that there was a time when hard work paid off, and people valued family more than appearances, and I feel like we’ve lost that. It feels like people who didn’t work hard are getting ahead while people who are working are falling behind, and I keep hearing more virtue signalling and people obsessed with social media. I’m willing to roll the dice on seeing what someone from outside the system can do.
So yeah, I can give you tons of reasons why Trump is a better vote, and I believe them too, but the real reason I support him is because he has shown that he is willing to take real action, even if people don’t like it. As self-aggrandizing as he can be, he’s not spending his career virtue signalling, he is willing to step on toes, and he will actually put America first.
Sure, I’ll attempt a steelman. I don’t know how well I’ll do, and the purpose of this question is to help me understand so I could do better, but why not have a before/after version. So here’s my initial attempt at a steelman (I guess it ended up being more “honest” than a normal steelman, more like “channeling” a rational Trump supporter.)
Ok, is Trump actually a genius? No. Is he the smartest, most moral, or otherwise flawless candidate? No. But I don’t need a role model to be President, I need someone who will create change, and Trump, more than any politician in my voting lifetime has offered a credible promise of change. Despite all the “Hope and Change” every politician promises, they only ever got to their current position by conforming to the current system and not rocking the boat. Trump is the first politician who got there by being independently wealthy and popular in the real world, outside of the political machine. And yeah, I’d support Musk or someone else who ran for office like that. I even liked Yang, though he had some ideas that were kind of out there for me. Trump doesn’t just promise change—he is a change from the norm.
Why do I want change? I don’t know—call me an optimist, but I gotta think we can do better than this. Maybe I’ve just bought the propaganda, but I believe that there was a time when hard work paid off, and people valued family more than appearances, and I feel like we’ve lost that. It feels like people who didn’t work hard are getting ahead while people who are working are falling behind, and I keep hearing more virtue signalling and people obsessed with social media. I’m willing to roll the dice on seeing what someone from outside the system can do.
So yeah, I can give you tons of reasons why Trump is a better vote, and I believe them too, but the real reason I support him is because he has shown that he is willing to take real action, even if people don’t like it. As self-aggrandizing as he can be, he’s not spending his career virtue signalling, he is willing to step on toes, and he will actually put America first.