In "The True Believer" Eric Hoffer noted that movements attract many who want to "purge their sins" by becoming part of it. Trump clearly has that going for him. His followers include the truly paranoid, child molesters, gang-bangers, basic drunks, and nazis. He is happy to give them absolution by being venal for him, and they are apt to…
In "The True Believer" Eric Hoffer noted that movements attract many who want to "purge their sins" by becoming part of it. Trump clearly has that going for him. His followers include the truly paranoid, child molesters, gang-bangers, basic drunks, and nazis. He is happy to give them absolution by being venal for him, and they are apt to follow him anywhere.
More than anything it is the zeal of the compromised that drives much of the things surrounding him and we all are stained.
In "The True Believer" Eric Hoffer noted that movements attract many who want to "purge their sins" by becoming part of it. Trump clearly has that going for him. His followers include the truly paranoid, child molesters, gang-bangers, basic drunks, and nazis. He is happy to give them absolution by being venal for him, and they are apt to follow him anywhere.
More than anything it is the zeal of the compromised that drives much of the things surrounding him and we all are stained.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/january-6-riot-pardons/681459/