Batja Cates emailed to me an article in the July/August ATLANTIC on why Republicans have collaborated with Donald Trump. It's by Anne Applebaum and may be available on the Internet.
Applebaum discusses authoritarian regimes and collaborators of the past, including those who went along with the East Germans. Collaborators tend to have a standard set of motives and a standard set of excuses, including the claim that they are working from within to try to keep things from getting worse.
Applebaum points out that tRump does not tell lies in the hope of being believed. No one believes him. He lies to frighten people into obedient collaboration with evil. it works--unless you are McCain or Romney or Frum or a handful of others.
The article is long. You might want to buy the magazine and pass it around.
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