Thinking about how Trumpism leverages loud racism, soft bigotry, and the contradictions of modern liberalism.
An adequate criticism of Trumpism requires a nuanced account of the interaction of these three components and where they actually converge. What’s fascinating (and troubling) is that the conservative movement in the U.S. figured out the relationship between them decades ago.
Perhaps the DLC and the version of the Democratic Party that followed understood it as well.
