This Political Theorist Predicted the Rise of Trumpism. His Name Was Hunter S. Thompson.

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5. There's some truth to this!

Understood in those terms, the idea that Trumpism is “populist” seems misplaced. Populism is a belief in the right of ordinary people, rather than political insiders, to rule. Trumpism, by contrast, operates on the presumption that ordinary people aren’t going to get any chance to rule no matter what they do, so they might as well piss off the political insiders using the only tool left available to them: the vote.

After the election, internet comment sections were full of Trump supporters mostly expressing glee at pissing off liberals and the elite.

I didn't know that Thompson was assaulted by bikers too. That happened to me a few years ago after I entered a biker/redneck bar on a whim. One of the bikers approached me and expressed hatred for Obama and other races, but it was mostly couched in how he perceived immigrants taking jobs that he thought should be reserved for long-time, loyal Americans. After I answered him in intellectual terms, he looked like he wanted to kill me and he walked back to his gang of buddies. I was knocked out from behind and hospitalized after I left the bar.