We cannot ignore the fact that the populist sensation of this election hasn’t been Bernie Sanders. It’s been a racist, nationalist demagogue-for-hire with no sincere ideology beyond his own vanity. Mr. Trump is a cipher; his voters love him because he does nothing but hold up a mirror to their basest prejudices and bask in the feedback loop of narcissism. They’re not “afraid”; they’re leading Mr. Trump as much as following him. They called him into being, not the other way around.
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Aside: Man, the NYT and their paywall make it a real PITA to share their content.
You can just enter the headline as a search term in Google News…
Thor Olavsrud Tried that, same results. 🙁
I do think they’re afraid, but I think it’s a fear he and 20 years of conservative media have generated out of nothingness.