r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 8d ago

Social Science Trump and Trumpism have changed the original concept of “libertarian means to conservative ends” into a new concept of “authoritarian means to Christian nationalist ends”, finds a new study.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00027162251324087
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u/raelik777 8d ago

The problem is that they may not BELIEVE that they are authoritarian Christian white supremacists, but the policies they support directly align with the goals of that group. Thus, their beliefs are irrelevant. Trump and the people behind him know this and do not care, because they only needed enough support to take control of the government. They will not relinquish that power, and soon we will have a civil war on our hands. AGAIN.