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How Cults Form
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It's confirmed: It doesn't matter WHAT Donald Trump says. Turns out that, as you expected, when polled about outrageous, horrible stuff Trump has said, people who enthusiastically support the orange one said that they will vote for him anyway. Controversy? No effect. This is where I recommend the seminal 1951 book by the longshoreman/philosopher Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements," and implore you to read it to understand how demagogues build a following -- I read it as a child (yeah, I was weird that way) as an attempt to understand how dictators gain power, and some of the very same points are playing themselves out right now. No joke, the demagoguery is textbook, and if you've been sucked into the movement, you really need to read and understand what's happening. (WTNH-TV/New Haven)
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