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> It is a story with which the rise of Donald Trump is fatally intertwined, but it is in fact a story that takes precedence—both temporal and logical—over the a
by hirundo 7y ago
> It is a story with which the rise of Donald Trump is fatally intertwined, but it is in fact a story that takes precedence—both temporal and logical—over the anarchic and pathological rise of the demagogue occupying the White House.
All of the elements of this story were in full flower during the Obama administration. Trump's role has been to politically capitalize on the resulting resentments. This is a "this is how you got Trump" story, if just another straw on the camel.
- MFLoon 7y agoThe line you're quoting literally notes that this all happened before Trumps rise, and is logically prior to it. It claims they were "intertwined", which is implying the relation you're asserting (Trump capitalizing on the fallout from Title IX and other such social trends under Obama). Nothing about this is a "This is how you got Trump" story.
- rubbingalcohol 7y agoThat's literally where I closed the article. Up to that point it had been informative and somewhat convincingly written, despite the author taking too much effort to paint his subjects as paragons of fairness and logic. But he just couldn't resist the urge to pepper a "Drumpf is a Nazi" in there. It's unnecessary to the thesis and undermines his point.