Tuesday, March 22, 2016
They don't need a Trump
The mostly objective writers at 538 point out that Mormons don't favor Trump. In a converse way this proves the bigger point that Trump is running on.
Mormons have succeeded in building their own BORDERS within the larger community. In Utah the borders are literal; the state and the church are pretty much congruent. Elsewhere the LDS church maintains the tradition of the Mutual Benefit Societies that formerly linked all Americans together ethnically or religiously. Families give a lot to the church and get a lot in return, both economically and culturally. In modern terms Mormons are automatically 'networked'.
LDS families are thus partly insulated from the economic rot of ZIRP and QE and offshoring, and strongly insulated from the cultural rot of the external world.
If the rest of us had maintained our MBS's and our figurative borders, we'd be in a lot better shape.
Labels: defensible spaces
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