American Chaos (2018)

American Chaos: Directed by James D. Stern. With John Ladd, Julio Martinez, James D. Stern. A man searches for answers to Donald Trump’s widespread support before the 2016 presidential election.

“Aside for a liberal, black professor, the sympathetic interviewer provides a veritable conveyor belt of one annoying, low-information Trump voter after the other – and encourages each one to express their own personal misconceptions. Itu0026#39;s a bit painful to watch and resembled having to watch paint dry – or worse, having to read an Ayn Rand novel from the first page to the last.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDespite the best of intentions by the filmmaker James D. Stern, the interviews of poorly educated republicans – and one happy-go-lucky, rich and overprivileged Floridian fuddy-duddy (James Snot-Nose, the III) – fails to provide any actual u0026#39;Aha!u0026#39; moments. If anything, it cements preconceptions that the presidential election of 2016 was not about wealth and income, but rather the level of education as post-election polls and analysis by FiveThirtyEight indicated.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePeople lacking a high-school education were the most likely to vote for Trump, while people with doctorate degrees the least likely. The pattern even held true statewide: in 10 of the best educated states Hillary won, while in 9 of the 10 worst educated states Trump won. To summarize, if you ever wanted to know what it looks like when a bunch of people climb up Dunning-Krugersu0026#39; mount stupid, then have a look at this doc.”