William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: "Trump operates by way of a 'permission structure,' where a leader signals that ...

"Trump operates by way of a 'permission structure,' where a leader signals that something that was once socially out of bounds is suddenly okay, even to be praised or glorified."

~ Jay Kuo

Interesting formulation, since both observers in Germany as the Nazis rose to power and historians note the same happening in Germany, as thugs and Brownshirts were given permission to engage in violent bullying behavior previously seen as off-limits.

#Trump #violence #thugs

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-threats-violence-maga-2024