Brendan Nyhan
Sadly, we've known for decades that a subset of people have authoritarian tendencies and that hatred toward outgroups is often widespread
At this point, I'm less outraged/surprised by the extent of Trump's public support than the passivity and acquiescence of so many elites
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People's vulnerability to Trump-like figure hasn't changed. What changed is that the institutions of Am. govt./party system legitimized one
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That's why I'm dubious about all the root cause psychologizing - where's data showing economic anxiety or racial hatred is that much higher?
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Trump's rise represents a failure in American parties, media, and civic institutions - and they're continuing to fail right now
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Shockingly few public figures and elites are defending the norms of public debate and restraint from violence that Trump is bulldozing.
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These norms are fragile precisely because, per
@emilythorson, they are not formal or legal. And they are hard to restore once breached. - View other replies
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No one person or institution is at fault for Trump. Everyone has their favorite monocausal explanation. They're all incomplete.
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We can sort through root causes later. Here's where we are: Someone could capture a major party nom who endorses violence & few seem alarmed
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@BrendanNyhan I went to high school with these ‘elites’. Cold-blooded WASPs still resentful of hard-working Papists & striving Hebrews. -
@AlbertsonB2@BrendanNyhan members of Congress not having a backbone is unfortunately completely unsurprising to me now -
@AlbertsonB2@BrendanNyhan single-minded seekers of re-election explains most of it to me. They don't want to get primaried so stay neutral -
@BrendanNyhan what makes you think elites despise authoritarianism? Elites afraid of democracy (e.g. superdelegates) -
@BrendanNyhan@Chris Hayes said this was happening in one form or another. Can't trust institutions, here comes a demagogue. -
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@BrendanNyhan - I'll pay you $1000 to go to a#BlackLivesMatter protest and yell "All lives matter!" The authoritarians are on both sides. - View other replies
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@MathChecker@BrendanNyhan that's not anti-authoritarianism, that's purposeful use of flippant racism and proves nothing -
@isaaclubow@BrendanNyhan - You seem to believe that some races are intolerant of all races. "All lives matter" is not a racist statement. -
@MathChecker@BrendanNyhan not inherently, no. But when it's presumed all lives matter, but one race is treated as though theirs do not, -
@MathChecker@BrendanNyhan it's a flippant attempt at obfuscating a very real issue. -
@MathChecker@BrendanNyhan A lot like if a house caught fire and you said "all houses matter" as... An excuse not to extinguish or pay attn. -
@isaaclubow isaaclubow@BrendanNyhan - I PRESUME - very much so - that all lives matter. -
@MathChecker@BrendanNyhan great. but why scream that at the families of slain teenagers? - Show more
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