Trump and his base are very focused on “respect”; remember all the lies about Obama’s “apology tour” (or was that Biden? Or both?)
All the bluster, all the talk of “America being respected again”, which anyone who travels internationally knows is 100% the opposite of reality, all the classic strongman politics. The creepy looming over Hilary in the debate.
All of it is a wildly misplaced sense of machismo, like being a dangerous asshole someone commands respect.
Which is ultimately what that crowd wants; they want to behave badly and still be respected.
I think a lot of it is: feels good to think that you're smarter than most than to acknowledge the reality that you're probably not.
My intuition is that this type of thinking is becoming more and more entrenched in American culture. I think by the time the culture as a whole wakes up, things will be significantly worse and many of the people who tried to prevent it will have been pushed out or willfully left.
Trump and his base are very focused on “respect”; remember all the lies about Obama’s “apology tour” (or was that Biden? Or both?)
All the bluster, all the talk of “America being respected again”, which anyone who travels internationally knows is 100% the opposite of reality, all the classic strongman politics. The creepy looming over Hilary in the debate.
All of it is a wildly misplaced sense of machismo, like being a dangerous asshole someone commands respect.
Which is ultimately what that crowd wants; they want to behave badly and still be respected.
My take, anyway.