I am skeptical, given everything that we know about Trump, that he actually has the potential to be either the change agent or the catalyst for revolution that his supporters believe. Trump is showman who makes his living as a crony capitalist. But Trump’s record is singularly unimportant this year. However, I am not skeptical that this line of reasoning will appeal to a broad swath of the hard left. Voting for Trump is the ultimate exercise in “sticking it to the man.” He wasn’t wanted by the GOP powerbrokers and he is loathed by the Democrat elite. He has the wealth and social status that the anarcho-left admires and toadies to. And the left has shown since the days of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that it is willing to make a temporary alliance with anyone or anything to further the cause.

Trump’s appeal may not be healthy, but it is very real. Trump has become a Rashomon vignette, a Rorschach test, an empty vessel for everyone who is very, very angry with the status quo and that may be all it takes to put him in the White House.