• @freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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    101 year ago

    Contemporary liberals are age of enlightenment liberals - they value “rationality”. Contemporary conservatives advocate for liberal policies using rationality, but they value libidinality over rationality. Trump communicates through libidinal means, not rational ones. This is a major problem for contemporary liberals who believe they are exclusively vely rational and don’t truck in libidinal politics.