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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Sadly, we've known for decades that a subset of people have authoritarian tendencies and that hatred toward outgroups is often widespread
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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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@BrendanNyhan if you write this strong up in a column or paper, I'd appreciate a link1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@ron_fournier not sure if it'll appear elsewhere so for now, this is the best link: https://storify.com/DemFromCT/brendan-nyhan-on-the-mutifactorial-institutional-f …4 replies 4 retweets 7 likes -
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@BrendanNyhan always been curious: why tweet storm instead of writing/selling a column? Cc@HeerJeet1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@TonyBiasotti @BrendanNyhan Well I use twitter as a public notebook & benefit from feedback. Often develop tweets into articles later.
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@HeerJeet@BrendanNyhan that is an excellent answer, thanks.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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