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The article makes some interesting points, but it doesn't go nearly far enough in explaining why similarly "authoritative" candidates for president with a significant chance of winning did not appear in the 30s and 50s and 60s, when the external physical threats from Nazism and Communism were incomparably greater than anything we have today.

It only hints at the real reason:

"...for years now, Republican politicians and Republican-leaning media such as Fox News have been telling viewers nonstop that the world is a terrifying place and that President Obama isn't doing enough to keep Americans safe."

Presidents in the past, Republicans and Democrats alike, took a strong line against such foreign threats, and so there was no need for an "authoritarian" figure to arise.  The President we have today is weak in foreign policy, despite efforts by the Democratic-leaning MSM to paper over his failings.  That, coupled with the Democrats' left-authoritarian governance in domestic affairs during the past eight years is what has led to Trumpism.

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Agree.  The experts have finally identified a social phenom that has been around since the beginning of human existence. And of course, the experts are worried or horrified because us simple folk do not understand the phenom they have discovered, and  are trying explain to those us caught up in the hoopla the dangers of this behavior,and we, according to them, are not aware of the danger of this development.  

All I can do is shake my head in disbelief, because we are listening, and what we have heard and seen from the politicians has lead to this development.  So again, what is transpiring in politics is due to the fact that the governed do not have the 'gumption' to know who is demagogue and who is a good guy.  

In reality it is the politicians that have created this political atmosphere of mistrust and they are never going to take responsibility for this development in the voting population, especially if Trump wins it all.


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For years, President Obama has blamed President Bush for various things. The only thing President Bush is actually guilty of is being the starting point for the anger which got President Obama elected.

President Obama, is now the starting point for the anger which may get Trump elected.

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