Donald Trump is also vulgar. Think of two of the most odious models of the Common Man on TV of the last fifty years: Archie Bunker for his politics, superstition, at least and bigotry (All in the Family) and Al Bundy (Married With Children), meld their worst traits, and add a huge amount of money, and you get Donald Trump. Archie Bunker at least is loyal to his wife even if he is a male-chauvinist pig; Al Bundy may be apolitical, but he is a horrible role model for his son, taking the boy to strip clubs. Both are models of both male chauvinism, if in very different ways.
Many people find in Donald Trump the rarity if a pol who not only tolerates their vulgarity, but also actively endorses it. Of course, many also despise the vulgarity that Trump is.
Many people find in Donald Trump the rarity if a pol who not only tolerates their vulgarity, but also actively endorses it. Of course, many also despise the vulgarity that Trump is.
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.