Musa al-Gharbi
For Symbolic Capital(ism), I just published a piece pulling together lots of empirical data to answer questions like: Did Trump win because of racism? Did Trump win because of sexism? Did Trump win because "elites" bought the election? Did Trump win because of third-party "spoilers"? Did Trump win because of weak turnout? Did Trump win because Harris chose the wrong running mate? As the essay details at length, the answer to all of these questions is "no." It's easy to see how people would be drawn to these questions, but none of these hypotheses do a good job of explaining what actually happened in 2024 (or the previous Trump cycles, for that matter). 🧵
