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• They question the erosion of the nation state, which they see as the only construct that has proven capable of organizing our political and social lives.
• But many are too quick to condemn rather than reflect, buying into stereotypes that correspond with their own outlook rather than challenging claims by consulting the actual evidence.
• In popular debates the term ‘fascist’ has degenerated into little more than a term of abuse.
• The search for ‘one type’ of supporter and ‘one motive’ is also unhelpful. Trump and Brexit appealed to a broad and loose alliance of middle-class social conservatives and blue-collar workers who together rejected the advice of global elites
• Trump pulled in not only manual workers who were worried about immigration, but also fairly affluent mainstream Republicans, as well as around one in three Latino men and notable support from specific minorities like Cuban Americans.