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Trump’s War on the Future
The MAGA movement is starting a generational civil war.
There has been much research done on the “authoritarian mindset” and there is ample evidence that conservatives and those who support authoritarian figures do so because more than anything else, they are afraid and they want to see their perceived enemies punished. The authoritarian leader who promises to “punish their enemies” will always get their votes.
In today’s America, conservatives and right wingers perceive agitated black activists, dissatisfied youth, socialists and “Marxists” and others who are demonstrating against the System as their enemies. Look at the crazed, violent opposition to athletes that take a knee; to activists marching for Black Lives; to people like AOC and Ilhan Omar. These people are the perceived enemies of the MAGA nation.
And every time Trump promises to punish these enemies, he cements the support of his base. Hence Trump’s rhetoric about “Antifa” and “anarchists.”
The term “violent anarchist” has become the Administration’s code word for Millennials and Zoomers who have been totally screwed over by the Neoliberal system, who have graduated college with crushing debt and no job prospects, who cannot afford to buy a car much less a house; who cannot even dream of getting married and raising a family. These younger generations want to…
