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swanpondering's avatar

Fear and hate are the handmaidens of fascism. Trump's supporters are afraid of everything their silos of mis/disinformation tells them to fear. I know grown men and women whose raison de etre is to hate. How they got this way is easy to trace over the 40 yr. arc from Reagan to Trump.

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William Farrar's avatar

Tis older than that, Reagan was the door opener though.

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Moon Cat's avatar

McCarthy and the Red Scare comes to mind on the political end. But you can't get past Religion's hellfire and damnation threats to scare people into a fearful mob mentality.

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