Analysis: Why Donald Trump is talking about parents not loving their kids
The eagerness to present America in decline because things have changed, though, was hobbled in a few ways., the methodology used to compare views of those characteristics had changed in the newest set of numbers. That change probably affected the responses offered by those participating in the survey.
More unhelpfully, the survey conflates “characteristics that were common in the past” with “characteristics that defined the U.S.” — or, in Allen’s framing, our “core values.” But might there not be other core values that weren’t included in the questioning, such as diversity or democracy? Couldn’t there be other patterns of belief that might demonstrate similar erosions without being conflated with being essentially American? Fewer people say having kids is important to them.
Trump’s comments about unloved kids was mostly a bad joke. But it did get at something deeper, too, a sense that younger Americans might “deservedly” be unloved by their parents. Maybe your kids are Democrats who voted for Joe Biden. Do you want to give
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