Posted on 10/08/2025 8:01:06 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Did you ever wonder how the Democratic Party got so crazy? For example, how is it that the governor of Illinois is inciting violent mobs against federal immigration authorities and meanwhile, in Virginia, every Democrat is rallying to the defense of Attorney General candidate Jay Jones, who openly fantasized about murdering political opponents?
To summarize briefly: Bad causes attract bad people. To understand the symbiotic relationship between toxic political movements and their toxic supporters, my advice is to first read Eric Hoffer’s 1951 classic, The True Believer, especially Part 2: “The Potential Converts.” Next, you should read Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom, focusing on Chapter 10, “Why the Worst Get on Top.” Among the personal experiences that led me to comprehend this phenomenon was being swarmed by a mob of “Occupy” protesters in 2011. If you ever had the misfortune to be in close proximity to a zombie horde like that, you would never doubt that the fundamental problem of the Democratic Party is that its grassroots “base” is composed of dangerous lunatics.
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One of my favorite books is “The Road To Serfdom“, so I have to read “The True Believer“ to correlate with this author’s observations.
The Democrat Base is made up of Dangerous Lunatics.
No one can argue about that
"Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil."The True Believer:
Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
by Eric Hoffer
pp 85-87
Another good read “Return of the Strong Gods; Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West. “ R.R. Reno
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