The Authoritarian Grip on Working-Class Men - 0 views
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as Rachel Kleinfeld of the Carnegie Endowment points out, working-class American men “are much more likely to be politically apathetic” than they are to be active authoritarians. “They look for belonging, purpose, and advice, and find a mix of grifters, political hacks and violent extremists who lead them down an ugly road.” That’s the manhood problem.
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Donald Trump has a special genius for intuiting the dark, unspoken things that people want and need
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He understands that the era when American men looked to Gary Cooper or Jimmy Stewart–men who protected, sacrificed, stood tall in the saddle–is over
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