Orwell diagnosed trumperism: "inability or unwillingness to question authority"

[lindysalsagal]

Even in the face of a global pandemic, frumpers maintain their allegiance to frump. WHY???

https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/themes/

The Danger of a Naïve Working Class
One of the novella’s most impressive accomplishments is its portrayal not just of the figures in power but also of the oppressed people themselves. Animal Farm is not told from the perspective of any particular character, though occasionally it does slip into Clover’s consciousness. Rather, the story is told from the perspective of the common animals as a whole. Gullible, loyal, and hardworking, these animals give Orwell a chance to sketch how situations of oppression arise not only from the motives and tactics of the oppressors but also from the naïveté of the oppressed, who are not necessarily in a position to be better educated or informed. When presented with a dilemma, Boxer prefers not to puzzle out the implications of various possible actions but instead to repeat to himself, “Napoleon is always right.” Animal Farm demonstrates how the inability or unwillingness to question authority condemns the working class to suffer the full extent of the ruling class’s oppression.

I think some people are just too emotionally and psychologically insecure to look at their leaders and see them as intentionally malicious.

[Sanity Claws]

1. A lot of the Trumpers are the same ones who maligned Obama

Yet Obama was the authority figure.
More must be involved.

[lindysalsagal]

2. Agreed. But did they really believe Obama was malicious? Or did they just resent his race?

I think no one was afraid of Obama or doubted he'd be a responsible leader. They just found his race distasteful. But they did trust him.

[Sanity Claws]

3. I don't think they trusted him at all

Lots of conspiracy theories sprang up around him. In fact, they claimed they "suffered" under Obama.

[polichick]

4. They believe Trump and the Fox propaganda network...

One in line behind me in the grocery store yesterday said this will be over soon, but why waste a good outrage. His poor children!