Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson MurdersClaudia Verhoeven, Verso, £25CHARLES MANSON was an archetypal American in a manner similar to Donald Trump. Both men convince(d) others to do things against their better sense, moral training and counter to their own interests. The particular charisma Manson and Trump project is one that is based in the amplification of people’s fears while creating an illusion of their difference.
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    4 hours ago

    Isn’t that just all white supremacists, though? And frankly, any kind of ethnonationalist supremacist?

    They all love killing others because they believe they’re superior and they have some imaginary friend/divine right to be the arbiter of life and death in this world.