HEY MAGA: Who Were You Before June 2015?
One question, asked directly, for eleven minutes. Who were you before June 2015?
Hawk's premise is that something changed when Donald Trump rode down that escalator, and that for a lot of people it changed permanently. An identity built around one man. A grievance framework that assigns every disappointment to somebody else. A new community that replaced the old one.
The part he keeps returning to is the cost. Family relationships. Friendships. People at work. Conversations at Thanksgiving that do not happen anymore. He says he knows people who have lost nearly every close relationship they…
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