Morons at the Gate: Part 2
Can American democracy survive the MAGA morons in our midst?
13 min readApr 3, 2024
In Part 1 of this post, I discussed the “what” of America’s moron problem. In this Part 2, I discuss the “why”. I argue that morons in America are made, not born. Looking at the record of the Republican Party since the launch of Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” in 1972, I describe a Party that has spent decades…