I've been seeing images like this on social media lately. They make me wonder why #MAGA types find such an image compelling when it looks like an image of Big Brother out of "Nineteen Eighty-Four." Authoritarian, much?pic.twitter.com/ocTMVcx64j
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I've been seeing images like this on social media lately. They make me wonder why #MAGA types find such an image compelling when it looks like an image of Big Brother out of "Nineteen Eighty-Four." Authoritarian, much?pic.twitter.com/ocTMVcx64j
I mean, I find the image of Trump above and the many like it that I've seen over the last three years to be profoundly creepy and disturbing. Yet his fans love them, share them on social media, and even use them as avatars and background images for their accounts. Why?
Is there something about the image of a old man in shadow and muted colors scowling or starting at us disapprovingly that somehow taps into our lizard brain and makes us want to follow and obey him? That seems to be true for a big chunk of the population.
Staring at us. 
I thought I'd just add more such images as I come across them. Here's another one. Trump doesn't look quite so menacing, but still fairly Big Brotherish.pic.twitter.com/zy3nqblSPK
David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Vote Trump Pics 📘
And here's another collection.https://twitter.com/VoteTrumpPics/status/1052002151269113857 …
David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
Oy. This one takes the cake! I assume the soldiers behind him are supposed to be Spartans. Too bad Trump is one of the least Spartan-like men I've ever seen. In any event, the authoritarianism and militarism are jarring.pic.twitter.com/3PVuYR7n2C
The un-cropped version of the photo reveals that Trump is running away from the Spartans.
Can Trump even run? Somehow I doubt it.
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