Why Smart People Fall for Strongmen
Because the explanation feels complete.
The people who caricature Donald Trump as “Orange Hitler” often cast his supporters as toothless, knuckle-dragging rubes. He appeals, they insist, only to the uninformed, the uneducated, the easily misled.
Certainly they are too clever to fall for such an obvious figure. They’re smart enough to recognize the danger. They understand what it takes to prese…
