This may be true for some people, but it's not my experience with the MAGAs in my family. They have income-earning skills and people skills that give them lots of confidence. They also have a lot of misplaced anger they don't know what to do with. As the men get over the age of 70, their impulse control seems to lessen and the threats slip out.
Do you have to feel powerless to threaten violence? Sometimes, that is the underlying reason. But not always. Rage doesn't always come from powerlessness. And it doesn't help that this rage is constantly being stoked beyond proportion by an honor culture.
This may be true for some people, but it's not my experience with the MAGAs in my family. They have income-earning skills and people skills that give them lots of confidence. They also have a lot of misplaced anger they don't know what to do with. As the men get over the age of 70, their impulse control seems to lessen and the threats slip out.
Do you have to feel powerless to threaten violence? Sometimes, that is the underlying reason. But not always. Rage doesn't always come from powerlessness. And it doesn't help that this rage is constantly being stoked beyond proportion by an honor culture.