I look forward to reading your future posts. You might be interested in an epiosde from the CBC Radio program _Ideas_, orignally broadcast on April 4, 2022 and replayed on June 16, 2025. It revisits _The Authoritarian Personality_ and considers its application to recent events, including the anti-vaccine trucker convoy that occupied part of downtown Ottawa, Canada, from late January until February 3, 2022. One of the important findings of the contemporary researchers is that, contrary to what many might assume, authoritarians are not all on the "right" and autonomous personalities are not all on the "left".
Have you read Strangers in Their Own Land? One of the interesting things about the book is that she gave it to the folks she was writing about to read. She wanted to see if they agreed with what she wrote, and they agreed she represented their positions fairly. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/strangers-in-their-own-land/summary
Thank you for another of your always -insightful posts. I look forward to the series of blogs that will explore your proposed remedies under each header. I would add to the reasons driving voting decisions ofdecent-or-more-Trump voters, many of whom are also in my circles, that many felt alternative candidates were not seeing their economic and social struggles, and that alternative candidates and other segments of the public treated their struggles with condescension. Even if they may have misjudged the genuineness of Trump’s purported concern for that, their exasperation is valid.
Judith, thanks for your post. I think that there are two things that are important but no one seems to be talking about them in regard to Donald Trump's election. 1. Misogyny/sexism remains deep within United States culture and 2. There is a deep vein of distrust of Asian Americans. Although several Asian Americans have run for President, none succeeded.. Those two were combined in Harris.....she might have made it as VP, but not as President.... and yes D. Trump appealed to these in his campaign. In addition I think that Donald Trump , even though he has money, has managed to tap into the feeling of many working class men that they have been dethroned....and that Trump will champion them.....and even today, many do not seem to realize that it is Trump and his policies that continues to erode the US economic power in the world. Biden was seen as too laid back and some speech stumbles were weaponized.....no acknowledgement that the man has had a life long stutter and that he can speak at all in public is the result of life long work. I do not know....unless Democrats can win back the working class, I do not think they will claim the White House any time soon.
Just one more point: However "sleepy" Joe looked, his achievements were monumental. Not well advertised or branded, and may not come to fruition now. Good article a while back in the New York Review on his industrial policy: The "Inflation Reduction Act," the bipartisan infrastructure act, and the Chips act were very substantial improvements in industrial policy. A Bernie fan I know said she thought Biden had at least as much as Sanders could have. But so few realize that.
I look forward to reading your future posts. You might be interested in an epiosde from the CBC Radio program _Ideas_, orignally broadcast on April 4, 2022 and replayed on June 16, 2025. It revisits _The Authoritarian Personality_ and considers its application to recent events, including the anti-vaccine trucker convoy that occupied part of downtown Ottawa, Canada, from late January until February 3, 2022. One of the important findings of the contemporary researchers is that, contrary to what many might assume, authoritarians are not all on the "right" and autonomous personalities are not all on the "left".
Have you read Strangers in Their Own Land? One of the interesting things about the book is that she gave it to the folks she was writing about to read. She wanted to see if they agreed with what she wrote, and they agreed she represented their positions fairly. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/strangers-in-their-own-land/summary
Thank you for the recommendation, Jennifer. I had heard of the book, and now I'll seek it out.
Whoops! I missed the last part of the blog with a scrolling glitch. You thoroughly address my concern.🙃
Thank you for another of your always -insightful posts. I look forward to the series of blogs that will explore your proposed remedies under each header. I would add to the reasons driving voting decisions ofdecent-or-more-Trump voters, many of whom are also in my circles, that many felt alternative candidates were not seeing their economic and social struggles, and that alternative candidates and other segments of the public treated their struggles with condescension. Even if they may have misjudged the genuineness of Trump’s purported concern for that, their exasperation is valid.
Judith, thanks for your post. I think that there are two things that are important but no one seems to be talking about them in regard to Donald Trump's election. 1. Misogyny/sexism remains deep within United States culture and 2. There is a deep vein of distrust of Asian Americans. Although several Asian Americans have run for President, none succeeded.. Those two were combined in Harris.....she might have made it as VP, but not as President.... and yes D. Trump appealed to these in his campaign. In addition I think that Donald Trump , even though he has money, has managed to tap into the feeling of many working class men that they have been dethroned....and that Trump will champion them.....and even today, many do not seem to realize that it is Trump and his policies that continues to erode the US economic power in the world. Biden was seen as too laid back and some speech stumbles were weaponized.....no acknowledgement that the man has had a life long stutter and that he can speak at all in public is the result of life long work. I do not know....unless Democrats can win back the working class, I do not think they will claim the White House any time soon.
I thoroughly agree.
Just one more point: However "sleepy" Joe looked, his achievements were monumental. Not well advertised or branded, and may not come to fruition now. Good article a while back in the New York Review on his industrial policy: The "Inflation Reduction Act," the bipartisan infrastructure act, and the Chips act were very substantial improvements in industrial policy. A Bernie fan I know said she thought Biden had at least as much as Sanders could have. But so few realize that.