Well, he is the downright moron H L Mencken predicted in 1920.
He's not just a downright moron, he is a downright moron who speaks at a grade school level, painting a picture of a dystopian reality, and half the country chooses to see the world that way.
What's the point, why dissociate from the real world so you can pretend that the world is this horrible place just because this lunatic told you it was. What's the payoff, you get to live in a horrible alternative reality in Trumps head? Why is that something they want to do.
Maybe it is that they are such terrible people that thinking all of reality is terrible makes them feel normal. Is it that Trumpism lets the dregs of society pretend that they aren't the dregs of society? Is it that they have accomplished so little in life that Trump gives them self-esteem by telling them they are superior because they are white. If their greatest accomplishment in life is that they were born white, then I guess that would explain the white supremacist core of MAGA. Is it that the only way they think they can make themselves better, is by living in a made-up world where everything else is so much worse? Is that the key to Trump's success, he's providing some kind of a self-help program for lowlifes?
Does that explain it?
I'm not just talking socio-economically, I'm talking intellectually, educationally, morally, ethically, I'm talking about character.
Anytime you speak of Trump's hatred, corruption, and lies, they invariably try to tell you that everyone is hateful, corrupt and lying, of course that just isn't true, it just what hateful, corrupt, liars say.
Is that the secret of Trump's success, is he just normalizing hatred, corruption, and lack of integrity, does that explain it?
Is that why he appeals to corrupt, hateful people with no integrity and low moral character, because he makes them feel better about themselves?
"Every extreme attitude is a flight from self." - Eric Hoffer
