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With unnerving frequency, the contemporary Republican Party sees the recent past as an enemy to be overpowered, crushed, and conquered.

“The divisions in the Democratic primary electorate centered on which groups voters belonged to—Democrat, white, black, and so on. Republican divisions centered on how voters felt about the groups they did not belong to,”
― Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
― Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
“I draw attention to a kind of politics in which people do not focus their blame on elite decision makers as they try to comprehend an economic recession. Instead, they give their attention to fellow residents who they think are eating their share of the pie. These interpretations are encouraged, perhaps fomented, by political leaders who exploit these divisions for political gain.”
― The Politics of Resentment
― The Politics of Resentment

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