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https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/03/the-teenage-girls-who-seduced-and-killed-nazis/
... one must recognize choices.
Trump’s followers are not irrational. They are reacting, often viscerally, to a perceived collapse of the world they knew. Crime is down, but they feel unsafe. Immigration enriches the economy, but they feel invaded. Diversity increases opportunity, but they feel erased. Trump doesn’t need to solve these problems. He just needs to affirm that they exist, and promise to punish whoever caused them.
This essay is excellent.
Absolutely. Saved a copy for when it inevitably gets censored. This summation stuck out to me:
We often talk about MAGA as if it were a political disagreement. As if it were about taxes, jobs, or policy platforms. But what the research shows, across neurology, psychology, and political science, is that MAGA is something deeper: an identity reaction to perceived loss. It is fear rebranded as freedom. It is status anxiety rebranded as tradition. It is authoritarian psychology wearing the skin of patriotism.
This isn’t just a movement of bad ideas. It’s a movement of deeply felt insecurity, fused to a political figure who offers vengeance, not vision. And in that fusion, the need for power replaces the desire for truth. The need to dominate replaces the value of liberty. The need to feel morally superior replaces the capacity for self-reflection.
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
James Waterman Wise
Fear is the fuse
Good one line summary to remember
Yeah, fascism literally doesn't work without an "enemy" to stoke the fear.
And people with privilege (especially, those that don't recognize it) tolerate it.
