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I mean all along. Obviously this doesn't apply to every Trump supporter, but there's a large core that inherently thinks this way. What's new is that Trump has
by wat10000 2y ago
I mean all along. Obviously this doesn't apply to every Trump supporter, but there's a large core that inherently thinks this way. What's new is that Trump has leaned into this mindset much more than his predecessors, and he's much more obviously immoral by "normal" (i.e. something along the lines of what you and I probably think) standards.
Bob Altemeyer explains this mindset much better than I could in his book The Authoritarians: https://theauthoritarians.org https://theauthoritarians.org
- insane_dreamer 2y agoInteresting. Thanks for the link. Certainly Trump has normalized certain behavior (like over racism, sexism, ableism, me-first-and-fuck-everyone-else capitalism/Americanism, fascism too though people don't understand it as that) that society looked like it was gradually getting away from over the last 50 years. It's sad to see how quickly all that resurfaces with only a little encouragement.