TheProgressivePatriot
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Just a little food for thought for all of the Trump worshipers. Time to take stock
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New books on Waco and the KKK provide context for understanding Trump: review
Two recently published books – one on the Ku Klux Klan, the other on David Koresh – provide timely context for understanding the phenomenon of Donald Trump, writes journalist Bill Lueders at The Bulwark. The books are: “Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco” by Stephan...

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THINK about it............The books are: “Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco” by Stephan Talty; and “A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over American and the Woman Who Stopped Them” by Timothy Egan.
"........... the parallels are worthy of attention. There is in human nature an appetite for obedience to figures like Koresh, or Stephenson, or Trump. (Even Mike Pence succumbs to it, despite Trump’s having “endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day,” as he said in a room where no cameras were allowed.) And it is worth employing a brain cell or two trying to understand what this larger phenomenon is about. How can these men dupe their supporters so thoroughly? How can they command allegiance when all they offer in return is disrespect?”