Something I was mulling earlier today...
Trumpism deals in carrots and sticks. He promises great things and warns of awful dooms. The voter is a customer.
The #Resistance mostly deals in guilt and piety -- they promise that *you* are good or bad. The voter is a sinner.
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eg: White women are a disappointment and a failure, but they can still earn salvation if they learn to obey.https://twitter.com/womensmarch/status/1060169960218132481 …
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Trump's loathing of the outgroup is a huge problem, obviously, but in terms of intensity it's nowhere near the venom of the
#Resistance's loathing for its *ingroup*. Which is pretty interesting!Show this thread
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I forget who pointed out that in the post-Christian world dominated by progressives, Trump thrives as an unrepentant pagan
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