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Thank you, as always for your commentary. I work with a lot of bright young people in an R&D lab at a chemical company. I honestly believe they are democratic socialists because everything they like is denounced as socialism, and they are struggling to pay for their college educations, buy a home, etc. That's where the mean-spirited side of the right drives them away.

On the other hand, there are a lot of non-college educated young people, especially in rural areas, that love the meanness, and the name calling. I know, because I am related to some of them, and they love MAGA and Trumpian spite. These are people who grew up online, with trolling as a way to win prestige and respect from their peers.

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