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AFTER ~12,000 years' worth of PATRIARCHY, then B O O - *UCKING - HOO =

" 5) Trump’s performance of ' strongman ' leadership resonates with many white men because he successfully taps into their feelings of ' aggrieved entitlement. ' For these white men, appeals to support Kamala Harris because she is a Black and Asian woman, or anything that sounds similarly identity - focused are highly likely to fall flat.

It is important to remember that many working and middle - class white men are drawn to right - wing populism in the first place because they feel they are losing status in two key areas:

1) the U.S. has become increasingly diverse racially and ethnically, D E C E N T E R I N G whiteness, and

2) WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT has T H R E A T E N E D ' men’s authority ' in the family and the larger society. " ... ... CONTINUING P O S T - separation.

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Welcome to Substack, Jackson!

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