Source: The Jolly Libertarian
by Marco den Ouden
“Recently I published an overview of Eric Hoffer’s book, The True Believer. I had read the book twice before but only remembered the rough details of the book, namely that it as a study of the totalitarian mindset and the psychology of the people who are attracted to totalitarian mass movements. Given the current state of the world, the United States in particular, I wondered if MAGA was a mass movement. I also wondered about the divide in the libertarian/Objectivist world between Trump supporters and Trump opponents. Both sides observed the same facts, but each took an opposing view. Trump supporters see him as the Great Emancipator following in the footsteps of Abraham Lincoln. Trump opponents see him as a clear threat to liberty bent on imposing a dictatorship in the United States. If the facts are there, why the great divide? And why the fervor over the issue?” (12/10/25)
https://jollylibertarian.blogspot.com/2025/12/maga-and-true-believer.html