Here is an amateur summary: Anne Applebaum attempts to explain why Republican leaders have abandoned their longheld principles in favor of loyalty to Trump. She makes comparisons to Nazi collaborators in France, German Communists in East Germany who accepted Russian Communism and authoritarian behavior even when it was incompatible with their beliefs.
Several motives are offered using Lindsey Graham, other Republican Senators, Mike Pompeo, William Barr and Mike Pence. The latter two are particularly interesting. She thinks they are determined to protect the US from abortion, same-sex marriage, and demographic changes as the end times approach. She gives examples of slippery slope phenomena such as accepting trivial lies like greater attendance at the Trump inauguration than at the Obama occasion. She details how acceptance of the lies has grown to the point where American democracy is at risk. One detail: a high level Republican said that Graham tells people that he talked to Trump in a way that made him think of a highschool nerd who got attention from the school's star quarterback. I am not doing the article justice, Russ. I hope you can find a way to read the entire piece. Frank --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 10:24 PM Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: > The Atlantic says I've reached my limit of 3 free articles for the month. > Is there a free version somewhere? Or a summary? > > -- Russ Abbott > Professor, Computer Science > California State University, Los Angeles > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 8:11 PM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This is an important article about Trump which is not unrelated to >> our discussions of free will, narcissism etc. in my opinion. >> >> >> https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/trumps-collaborators/612250/?fbclid=IwAR3yUmOg3xAiB7e8pKPZpAFs8VlJVQ1LyhX1XXUTJB2KHIqzgzGail2ZuyM >> >> >> Frank >> -- >> Frank Wimberly >> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz >> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >> 505 670-9918 >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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