People whose early lives are characterized by insecurity and disappointment, unmitigated by the presence of kind and wise adults, tend to gravitate toward cults in later life.

Sounds plausible. I think some level of trauma or neglect must play in somehow.

Trump thrives on those leftover childhood fears and turns them into collective rage against what he calls the “deep state” – a stand-in for the exclusive parental couple, their bunker bedroom and all the secrets and goodies they keep from their poor child.

Ok that sounds like psychobabble. Just me?

This experience of feeling left out in the cold has deep effects on both psychological function and even on anatomical neurological development. In simple terms, the developing brain has two sides – left and right – that reflect feeling and thinking.

I am pretty sure this simplistic view of left and right has been thoroughly debunked and replaced by a more complex, nuanced model.

I think that’s as much of this article as I care to read for now.