Gratuitous cruelty, derision, nastiness – they are of a piece with authoritarianism because they feed off the same anger and fear.
They also fuel the hate and paranoia that are causing Americans to distrust our electoral system and one another.
And they can fuel violence.
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So many Americans feel bullied by the system today – bullied by employers, landlords, hospitals, insurance companies, debt collectors, government bureaucracies, and the like – that they're easy prey for Trumpism.
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