Ben Howe's 'The Sociopath' Explains What Just Happened to Your Country

[Denzil_DC]

Ben Howe's short film "The Sociopath" is as much about the failures of the Republican Party and the conservative movement (whatever that means anymore) as it is about the terrifying prospect of Donald Trump becoming president.

On the eve of an election that has left Americans deeply divided, wondering how we managed to nominate two of the most loathed candidates in our nation's history, Howe, senior contributing editor at RedState, takes us back to the 2008 Wall Street bailouts and the genesis of the tea party movement. A review of the last eight years puts into context how a movement with the potential to be a real agent for change evolved into an angry nationalist populist movement that propelled Trump to the top of the GOP ticket, enabling him to become the unlikely conduit for the frustration that had been bubbling up in the populace for nearly a decade.

The name of the film, "The Sociopath," gives the impression that the viewer is about to watch 50-minute documentary about Trump's foibles and failures, but don't let the name (or the length of the film) deter you. While a fair amount of time is given to Trump's unfitness to be president—the compilation of his nuclear proliferation comments near the end should terrify anyone—those segments are woven throughout the compelling story of the last eight years of the conservative movement.

The narrative of the video makes it clear that Trump has been a destructive force, not only for the Republican Party, but for the conservative movement in general, in no small part because he has agitated—and in turn been buoyed—by the worst elements of the fringe right. This first became evident in 2012, when Trump flirted with a presidential run.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/11/06/ben-howes-the-sociopath-explains-what-just-happened-to-your-country/1/

A surprisingly introspective article from Paula Bolyard at PJMedia about what the future may hold for American conservatism after the election.

[Lindalouuu]

1. Where can it be watched? Online?

[PSPS]

5. I stopped reading at "two of the most loathed candidates"

[Lindalouuu]

7. Omg. I just watched this

I was scared of trump before......I'm terrified now. Not good.

[Nitram]

8. "How we managed to nominate two of the most loathed candidate's in our nation's history?"

To refer to Hillary Clinton in that way is offensive. Yes, Clinton is loathed by the right wing. But that is due to decades of a full on smear campaign by the right against her and her husband. She was nominated by the Democratic Party because we know she can win and we know she will be a good president. There is no equivalency between Clinton and Trump.

[PATRICK]

12. Weird frauds

I suppose we never had a real demagogue in the race before. They were scared of Huey Long way back in Depression days who was a
genuine" populist politician rabble rouser but the national electorate never got tested. In previous electoral landslides the losers were never this crazy or raging, the loyal followers never this stupidly rabid, their party never this insulted and shamed.

So how far can a demagogue and his mob get with party loyalty, a general miasma of misinformation and corporate blindness, and pure irrational rage? We are about to see what Christians pray never to happen, a test of America's soul.

Any state that tips to this fake populist spoiled brat billionaire who has inflamed the worst of the human garbage of America- and has the money elites running for cover- will have the mark of the beast indelibly scrawled on its historical record for eternity. My sympathies for the many decent people living there.

As for where the kkk will be crawling back to after I can only say we need bigger and much heavier rocks.