They don’t want freedom, they want dominance. Trump is exactly like them in that way - he has no goals outside of his own self aggrandizement and the only pleasure he truly feels in life is crushing people and getting revenge. Revenge and dominance is what his supporters want.I just don't find that a very satisfying explanation! How did they acquire that perverse idea of 'freedom'?
Pretty sure future historians will come up with something a bit deeper and less contingent. Political events occur for socio-economic reasons, it's not some random intervention by aliens or demons.
I'm just impatient to know what those historians will say, i guess.