Following Andrew’s death at age forty-three in March 2012, Steve Bannon became executive chairman. Under Bannon’s reign Breitbart became a haven for what the corporate press indiscriminately describes as “alt-right,” “far-right,” “populist,” or “white supremacist” views. Conservative wunderkind—and purported ghostwriter of Andrew’s book—Ben Shapiro

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Inside the Trump machine: the bizarre psychology of America’s newest political movement Gwynn Guilford 4.1.2016

1. Hitler’s melancholia-paranoia-megolamania rhetorical style, and Trump’s class kinship (he says what they believe & gives them permission to be themselves.)

2. Roger Money-Kyrle: The people seemed gradually to lose their individuality... See more

The left programs the minds. The priests and journalists, the academia and media, they imbue the warriors with a sense of righteous purpose. They also justify the conflict to the many bystanders, convincing them to either not get involved — or to get involved on the warriors’ side. In this concept of left, the priests transmit a revolutionary zeal

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