Rhetoric

It's hard to understand sometimes why rhetoric works so easily on the masses. Hitler got the crowds all hot and bothered and the frenzied speeches were something which I found horrifying and yet also worthy of lampooning. Trump is much more idiot and clown than Hitler but there is still a dangerous layer of malevolence underneath it all which drives his messaging. People who are readily motivated by fear and hate of the "other" are more apt to be captivated by it.

In that sense I don't hold out much hope for human improvement on a massive scale. The same proportions of certain types of people will continue to exist because, unfortunately, no mechanism for improvement exists other than repairing the self.