expos4ever
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What is the appeal of Donald Trump to his base? Why is it that a man who is entirely lacking in the necessary virtues needed for the job - wisdom, curiosity, compassion, discipline, courage - has such appeal?
It is, I suggest, his refusal to be ashamed. He lies without shame, he race-baits without shame, he risks peoples lives at his rallies without shame. And on and on and on.
Why is this appealing? Because, I suggest, his base are the kind of people who are literally yearning for permission to be, yes, racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, ignorant of science, and cruel. And by refusing to be ashamed of his own dreadful characteristics and behaviors, he gives tacit approval to his base to do the same.
Voting out Trump is the start. But then you need to deal with 60 odd million of his supporters who are now comfortable in their own moral and intellectual degradation.
Good luck.
It is, I suggest, his refusal to be ashamed. He lies without shame, he race-baits without shame, he risks peoples lives at his rallies without shame. And on and on and on.
Why is this appealing? Because, I suggest, his base are the kind of people who are literally yearning for permission to be, yes, racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, ignorant of science, and cruel. And by refusing to be ashamed of his own dreadful characteristics and behaviors, he gives tacit approval to his base to do the same.
Voting out Trump is the start. But then you need to deal with 60 odd million of his supporters who are now comfortable in their own moral and intellectual degradation.
Good luck.
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