Understand Trump Cult Criminal Acts
Something happened in America that we still haven’t fully reckoned with.
Ordinary people, neighbors, coworkers, family members, started doing things they knew were wrong. They supported policies that hurt people. They defended violence. They stormed the Capitol. They harassed election workers. They celebrated federal agents killing protesters in the streets.
And they didn’t care.
Not because they were monsters. Because they were trapped. And the trap was built using four of the most powerful psychological mechanisms ever documented by social science.
This isn’t a political story. It’s a…
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