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I will never understand what part of Trump politics appeals to "young men" (or anyone).
The bloke is a loser, yet just keeps bluffing and grifting his way to the top. How is that a trait you want to emulate?
Even in the article the kid says:
.... When did this happen? In which particular series of words that fell out of Trumps mouth during one of his insane ramblings did old mate get the impression this is what happened? It's like seeing a portent in your bowl of spaghettios or something. Just because a brief moment of chance brought something together that appeared to make sense on the surface doesn't mean you should ignore the 99% that doesn't.
The only reason fascism succeeds is because the wealthy promote it. They own the means of information and have spent a century vilifying everything that lead to labor laws, the weekend, sick leave, and everything else that made the developed world "the developed world"; now the average idiot thinks corporations gave them these benefits out of the kindness of their hearts.
What more could a capitalist oligarch want than a state sanctioned monopoly whose financial success IS "national security"?
He's been around long enough such that young men have only ever known a world where Trump is the Republican nominee. Their world view is one where Trump is the normal.
Traditional conservative politicians are boring old men in suits. When they talk they put full grown adults to sleep. That was never appealing to young men barely able to sit still with raging hormones.