I don't know. "Authoritarian Personality Syndrome" sounds too much like a made-up mental condition.
It's true that prejudice and lack of interaction with outsiders make people an easy target for manipulation, but there's no need to make up imaginary syndromes.
"If such data is accurate, the portrayal of most Trump supporters as “working class” citizens rebelling against Republican elites may be more myth than fact."
I think they were rebelling against a lot more than just republican elites. Trump is a populist. Labeling those who are grasping at straws as having some neurological problem is once again talking from an elitist intellectual bully pulpit.
I don't know. "Authoritarian Personality Syndrome" sounds too much like a made-up mental condition.
It's true that prejudice and lack of interaction with outsiders make people an easy target for manipulation, but there's no need to make up imaginary syndromes.
"If such data is accurate, the portrayal of most Trump supporters as “working class” citizens rebelling against Republican elites may be more myth than fact."
I think they were rebelling against a lot more than just republican elites. Trump is a populist. Labeling those who are grasping at straws as having some neurological problem is once again talking from an elitist intellectual bully pulpit.