In George Orwells Animal Farm the barnyard animals drove farmer Jones out and took control of their lives. While things were initially equal and the animals happy, as time went on, the most intelligent animals took over. One of their great sources of power was the threat of the return of farmer Jones. Jones was the all purpose villain.
We haven’t progressed far from Animal Farm. The new Jones is George Soros, the conservative movement’s all purpose bogeyman. Both villains have common attributes. The most important one is that they are perpetually evil. I suppose we could say that if Soros didn’t exist, we’d have to invent him. Farmer Jones was fictitious, and George Soros is real, but aside from that they serve the same purpose. Without Soros and the ever present deep state the Trump world construct doesn’t work. Donald Trump is the champion of the little guy, fighting valiantly against the deep state, swamp, silos, &c. The fact that Trump is enriching himself on a scale never seen before in a White House is secondary, as long he remains his followers’ champion.
