Like many Americans, Carolina Giuliani was paralyzed over the prospect that Donald Trump — the man she blames for ruining her father and damaging her family — could be close to returning to the White House.
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“It’s a hard phenomenon to understand. It definitely is,” Carolina Giuliani said. “I view Trump as a disease, and I think it’s really important to remember that with every disease, prevention is a much more effective strategy than treatment. … I thought we had cured ourselves of it the first time, but it doesn’t seem like we have.
“And I think if he becomes the president again, we may have a terminal illness in our country. And that really, really scares me.”
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I believe a large part of Trump supporters are that way due to some overgrown form of Oppositional-Defiant Disorder.
I’d disagree on that considering these people trend toward obedience in everything like police/laws, Christianity, “traditional values,” party politics, etc, etc.
I think it’s more a superiority complex where instead of being boring nobodies, they’re actually insiders with special knowledge that the rest of the masses don’t have. Additionally, right wing propaganda gives them scapegoats to blame for all their life problems (financial, social, personal). Add these two together and you have the modern republican base.
I certainly think it’s a part of it. As someone who knows some people I think have ODD, they’re easier to work on than true believers. You can find common ground in fuck this system talk, but guide that towards a better future instead.
Source: years of working with hearts and minds of people I care about. I identify with ODD. I probably could have been classified ODD at some point.