Forces propelling Trump in the GOP are no mystery. They've been showing up in polls and academic research. Much historical precedent, too.
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If people see no path to a good future, they will vote in strongman who promise to solve all this with an iron fist. Europe, US, elsewhere.
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Not a US anomaly. EU elections are being swept by "strongman" parties. Elsewhere too. That it's come to US shows how deep the problem is.
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@zeynep Nodding so hard I might need a neck brace. Been looking at Trump Twitter as well, and our elites are clueless about what's happening -
@flipzagging Yep. It both reveals something elites are ignorant of (about people they never interact with) but also fuels the phenomenon.
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with due respect, the sentence "old methods control via elite gatekeeping...,- I wrote abt it [in NYT]" sounds self-ref-unaware funny.
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It does, I know.
It’s an unsettled world.
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