I just want to underscore that we're talking about a "full-blown fascist party" (i.e. Jobbik, not Fidesz) running candidates in every state, winning office here and there, with a national fundraising apparatus etc. And your reaction would really be "great, the GOP is screwed"?
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I think part of our analysis is based on historic fate of third parties in USA, where political structure is strongly weighed against them gaining significant power.
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Right, but what surprises me is this focus on state power as the one true threat. Because just days ago, the vibe on the left seemed to be that the real fascist threat comes from "fascist civil society" getting organized and incited
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My opinion isn't that the danger is from fascist civil society (which remains disorganized) but FCS + state: of a demagogue in power like Trump who signals to FCS he is on his their side, incites them & uses power to protect them. So a Trump who goes a little farther.
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One thing I've learned about the fascist threat is that it sometimes gets scarier but it never gets less scary. This phenomenon might be called the fascist ratchet.
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well as a matter of fact i think it has the potential to get way less scary and to even fade away and this is how i think it might
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @SethAckerman and
You mean by becoming more extreme and self-marginalizing wrt mainstream institutional conservatism?
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Replying to @JamesConran1 @SethAckerman and
yeah or just cut off from the institutional support of the gop in general
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @SethAckerman and
Yeah this is kind of why my instinct re: the Capitol riot was that it was at least a tactical setback and probably a symptom of weakness for the hard right.
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Of course it was a setback!
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Trump starting a third party would be a further set-back
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