Donald Trump is trying to define a simple reality as a means to express his power. The goal is to define a reality that justifies his value system, thereby changing the value systems of his audience. He is doing it as a display of strength, showing he is able to define reality and lead others to accept his authoritarian value system. It is offered with the goal of switching voters’ value systems to the authoritarian value system of the leader. Either we lacked the ability or concepts to describe authoritarian propaganda, or we lacked the will.

Source: New York Times November 05, 2016 00:49 UTC