March 2016

Fear and loathing in U.S. politics

[Fascinating in-depth look at the most interesting part of the Trump phenomenon](http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism)–not the man, but the supporters. > What these policies share in common is an outsize fear of threats, physical and social, and, more than that, a desire to meet those threats with severe government action — with policies that are authoritarian not just…more