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Because he's rich, confident, belligerent and "grabs them by the pussy." That's been the working definition of "strong man" in Western society for thousands of
by krapp 1y ago
Because he's rich, confident, belligerent and "grabs them by the pussy." That's been the working definition of "strong man" in Western society for thousands of years.
The only thing he lacks, that actual strong men don't, is the willingness to follow through. He's too much of a narcissist to deal with criticism and he crumbles and gives in too easily. Putin - who is the kind of sadistic authoritarian Trump wishes he was - would already have suspended habeus corpus, had the Democratic Party shot as communists and sent tanks into Mexico to force them to build the wall.
- techpineapple 1y ago“Because he's rich, confident, belligerent and "grabs them by the pussy." That's been the working definition of "strong man" in Western society for thousands of years.“ Is this true? I mean loosely speaking yes, but I feel like Trump, at least in demeanor is quite a change from the short spoken western men of the past ala John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, and certainly I think lacks the optimistic patriotism of a Reagan. I may not wholeheartedly agree with that sort of traditional masculinity, but I get it. Trump is the opposite of old school hold your emotions close, protect the weak masculinity.
- krapp 1y agoThat's fair, the parameters for masculinity do seem to have drifted somewhat. I'd still argue his appeal is that he conforms to that archetype for a lot of Americans.