I’ve been going on for years about the intercontinental alliances. This about Matthew Heimbach “He never fails to mention his connections to the European fascist parties, several of which have recently established themselves in parliamentary bodies”
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The rhizome I’ve written about “alt-right [...] has revealed its true nature: It is not a political movement conventionally understood, with a platform or a set of demands, or even a recognizable ideological perspective, but a constantly shifting network of personality cults”pic.twitter.com/31bXj4MNLK
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Replying to @redlightvoices
Good heavens that article is long. But your callout of European ties is spot on. The movement is shifting to the European model. Heimbach even traved to Brno recently.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
as you know bc you and I have discussed this many times, I've been tracking their alliances since Breivik. I am of course peeved by how late mainstream media is to this party. So much could have been avoided if only they had been doing their job
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Replying to @redlightvoices
For real. The wakeup call for me was seeing the GI logo in Charlottesville as well as appearances of it in their private chatlogs.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @redlightvoices
The good news is that the American fascist factions are not nearly as good at fundraising as many assume them to be.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
no, true that! BUT to me what's equally dangerous is that the Mercers and Koch do fund similar ideologies as long as they come in a more respectable package. So we won't get Spencer or Heimbach as government but we get Bannon behind the scenes instead
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Replying to @redlightvoices @EmilyGorcenski
And honestly, they don't need to be good at fundraising. Being good at fundraising would likely only be counterproductive in terms of being viewed as something that comes from and represents the people. It's a many-headed monster, this. Some heads prettier than others.
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Replying to @sindarina @redlightvoices
Given the legal woes in the US, I'd say an inability fundraise is having a huge impact.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski @redlightvoices
Eh, not really. It's just one head. Another will rise in its place. This isn't the kind of thing that disappears after a single failure. Their base is still out there, and they know this. It will create another assemblage, and then try again.
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Probably, but the momentum is not in their favor. And the epic infighting in their movement now will also be a burden. Now-former TWP can't pay its legal bills. Spencer is giving up. The lawsuits are crushing them. They'll never go away, but they are feeling some hurt rn.
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And it is very likely that many of them end up in jail. Also, the footsoldiers are withering under the doxxings, and therw are few willing to assume a public leadership role.
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