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Through deeper thinking, I realized that what I felt most uncomfortable about Trump was his lack of respect for the idea of the social contract, and more specifically, his responsibility to uphold his end of the contract. You know, acting in good faith towards others, respecting the established processes and conventions of democracy, keeping the promises that you or your team made, and so on. The gentlemens' agreements that keep liberal democracy running. Trump has demonstrated that he has no time for these things.


Looking at it this way, the illiberal Left, what people like Dave Rubin call the 'regressive Left', actually has a lot in common with Trump. This is why, taking the Dave Rubin approach, supporting Trump as a so-called 'bulwark' against the illiberal Left, is ultimately self-defeating. Given that Trump and the illiberal Left are actually similar at their root, they can only serve to reinforce each other, which they certainly did in the past four years. Biden may not be perfect, but at least he is dedicated to upholding the liberal social contract, which means a lot in times like these.