Trump is that corruption. If you believe the American political system to be hopelessly corrupt and captured by the interests of the wealthiest Americans, look no further than one of its most powerful participants.
Trump admitting that he influenced politicians and their political actions with his money isn't some bold statement. He's admitting to doing what his constituents claim to hate. He hasn't self-financed his campaign, he has taken money from large wealthy donors and will continue to serve their interests.
Perhaps he will burn the system down, but the one that will take its place will be hopelessly more corrupt and harder to change. If you believe government at all levels barely serves the people, it will be worse than you can imagine. I don't know whether anyone that supports Trump will be able to see that or whether they'll cheer about how much Trump has accomplished.
Meanwhile, the equity ethnic and religious minorities have in this country will be destroyed and the white male will reign.
People who want to dismantle our current system should understand the amount of work establishing a more equitable system will take. This isn't something that can be accomplished by merely voting for Trump in the general election. As an individual, you need to become involved in a political party that represents your views, work as an activist to see your views represented and commit years of your life to doing so.
Show up to every election in your area. Show up to meetings involving local interest groups. Show up to every goddamn city council meeting.
Real change requires work.
I'm slightly less concerned, but I mostly agree. If America survived Bush (much more religious and much more conservative, though definitely less overtly racist), I think it can survive Trump. I do think Bush did extremely difficult to undo damage though, mostly regarding the invasion of Iraq.
So work with me here.
The worst things that Bush did were the Iraq invasion, the Bush Tax cuts, his terrible supreme court appointments, and the economic crash. Right?
Hillary voted for the invasion of Iraq.
The tax cuts became permanent under Obama.
Citizens United happened under Obama and money in politics is bigger than ever now (though as a caveat, the dissenting justices were largely Obama and Clinton appointees)
Hillary is against GlassSteagall, Obama bailed out Wall Street, etc.
Regarding minorities, Hillary is infinitely better than Trump, even though she only came out in support of gay marriage recently. That said, she was always for equal rights. I'm pretty sure we all know that both Hillary and Obama refrained from coming out in support of it because of politics, not what they actually believed. Despite Trump's inferior "official" stance, to me it seems that he really is just pandering regarding these social issues like gay marriage and abortion. If you want to take people at their word, that is fair though.
There is a bit of a double standard though that comes from Hillary supporters. Somehow electing Bernie is not a good idea because the president can't do that much by himself, but then electing Trump turns the US into a complete dystopia for minorities.
Again, I would definitely vote Hillary over Trump, but it seems many people here don't really get why some people would legitimately prefer him over Hillary.