07-27-2018, 10:13 AM
The sociopaths among Boomers were closer to being the chilly rationalists, and they were never averse to money-grubbing, ethnic and religious bigotry, kissing up to powerful-but-corrupt leaders, and right-wing politics if it helped them along. The more idealistic Boomers did not cultivate power and influence, and they got pushed to the side. Although there are people who go from left-wing to right-wing extremism (or vice-versa) easily -- Eric Hoffer's True Believer -- whole blocks of people rarely move from one extreme to another as has David Horowitz.
Movement conservatism, as exemplified by Donald Trump, well fits a scoundrel -- and Donald Trump is nearly as pure an expression of pathological narcissism and intellectual shallowness as there can be.
Movement conservatism, as exemplified by Donald Trump, well fits a scoundrel -- and Donald Trump is nearly as pure an expression of pathological narcissism and intellectual shallowness as there can be.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
