I'd like to welcome the double digit posters in this thread that I haven't met yet. It's always nice to see relatively new posters on Atlas.
The bonkers Christian right is really something Sui generis American. The solid Christian centre-right in Europe can’t see a like to like there.
I think Reagan v. Carter was the last time the western world generally favoured a Republican. I guess there’s something about the American south as well
The Christian right, yes, but Trumpian right wing populism is a different story. One has to wonder how the French or the Swedes could hate Trump so much, yet so many vote for Trump-like parties in their own country.
Neither the SD nor the RN are really Trump-like. Trump, with his anti-intellectualism, self-centrism, and strange cultural mannerisms is a genuinely American phenomenon.
There is nobody in Europe that resembles him.
Yes I agree, Trump is sui generis, the GOP is sui generis. It's a power collective united by extremely cynical personal interests.
