Robert Reich articulated something that has been bouncing around my head since 2016

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    4 months ago

    Honestly, the Reagan years were pretty much the same. This is a group of people that approach everything like it’s a religion, including politics. Their world view is so based in contradiction, false dichotomies and blind faith that they’re always looking for the next Messiah to tell them what to do, that every asshole that recognizes this can take advantage of them right down to their magic underwear.

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      4 months ago

      Reagan’s rise coincided with ascent of the first conservative generation raised on Rand and Objectivism. Amd that took over the role of religion.

      And they were still bitter about all the attention those damn hippies took from them.