Trump: The Anti-Hero

Finally the U.S. elections have got a winner. But the process is not over yet. They have given way to a world-wide discussion: What does Trump's victory mean after all?

It means the collapse of everything called "mainstream": Mainstream media and mainstream politics. 

The American media has substantially excluded Donald Trump during his electoral campaign. Almost 90 percent of the mainstream media has taken a stand against Trump. Maybe in response to this, the Republican candidate used social media to the full extent. Trump was so active that he even brawled with the Pope over his Twitter account. This has once again demonstrated the fact that mainstream media is swiftly losing power vis-a-vis social and digital media.

It is also the mainstream politics, i.e. the "center" which has collapsed.  In the West, politicians occupying the center have not been able to provide a cure for the challenges of the masses. The refugee crisis, the integration of the "other," terrorism and financial problems are just a few of the issues.

Thus voters who can't find the answer within the existing system, have been driven to the extremes since the radicals have addressed their needs. Now U.S. has also joined this trend. Yet this time the radical in question, i.e. Trump, comes from the Republican Party which represents the establishment. 

Therefore Americans have overwhelmingly not voted for Hillary Clinton who has been engaged with politics for more than 30 years. Clinton's familiarity and representation of the status quo has even disaggregated her gender identity. On the other hand, most of the voters have trailed behind a real estate magnate who has no political experience at all and who has entered the presidential campaign out of the blue...

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