Kajsa tells me that Trump is very influential on the centre-Right of Swedish politics; as he is of course in Britain. That seems amazing to me. Surely no foreign politician has exerted so much personal influence abroad, even in social democracies, since – who? Hitler? And he’s far stupider than Hitler.
I think I can understand it. Trump expresses something deep in the human soul: the desire for the liberation of common and widespread feelings and prejudices, from the civilized restraints that have bound them until now.
Porter’s Pensées 
Yes, very interesting point.
However, the fawning acceptance of Trumpism has had a strongly negative effect on the right in some countries. In Australia, where the right-wing parties adopted versions of Trump’s political agenda the result was disastrous in the elections held earlier this year. Trying to stir up animosity towards migrants turned out – unsurprisingly – to be a moronic policy in a country where such a high percentage of the population are first or second-generation migrants.
I find it embarrassing that many uneducated Australians – especially in rural settings – should embrace so uncritically a set of ideas and practices largely because they emanate from the glitzy heart of show-biz politics, the US.
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