On our Zoom call for subscribers this Friday, I had planned to interview Salem Barahmeh, executive director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy. But with the chaos in Afghanistan, I’ve decided to delay that conversation for a few weeks.
There seems to be an obvious parallel between those Islamists seeking a lost identity and some Trumpist voters who feel abandoned by what’s become the dominant culture, not to mention DC politicians. Older and traditional values being steamrolled, much of it media led. “Revolt against modernity” in Prof. Hofstadter’s phrase. It’s important to try to understand some of that 45%, not all of whom are hopeless maniacs.
There seems to be an obvious parallel between those Islamists seeking a lost identity and some Trumpist voters who feel abandoned by what’s become the dominant culture, not to mention DC politicians. Older and traditional values being steamrolled, much of it media led. “Revolt against modernity” in Prof. Hofstadter’s phrase. It’s important to try to understand some of that 45%, not all of whom are hopeless maniacs.
"...a lot of it is really about identity and very little of it is about spirituality." This is true for Trump's cult of Christo-fascists, too.