2. Minoritarianism, in various forms, has more of a history in America than I think is commonly acknowledged: the claim that a minority not only has rights to protected from majority but should (by dint of superior culture) govern majority.
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3. Right-wing populism of various forms - Tom Watson(s), Coughlin, Wallace - typically squared the circle simply by imagining "the people" in a specific way (as white Christian). But has rarely had truck with the more institutional forms of minority rule (courts, bureaucracy)
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4. One reason I'm fascinated by the nearly forgotten figure of Willmoore Kendall (the mentor of William F. Buckley) is he tried to merge the two minoriarianisms: racist populism & institutional gridlock. That makes him seem a prophetic figure.pic.twitter.com/rWZosVFOEz
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5. Kendall was a prophet of the Trumpized GOP. We're in a Kendall revival, with 2 biographies in the work along with strong work by
@mkazin,@Joshua_A_Tait,@lioneltrolling. Building on them, I argue for Kendall as a major figure:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/racism-and-the-paradox-of-anti-democratic?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …Show this thread
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Eco’s “the People are a fiction called upon to play a role” in fascism.
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with the appropriate emphasis on "worker's party" it all starts to make sense
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You might even call it a national socialist workers party.
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It's not contradictory is you don't see your enemies as people!
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You don't see the same thing happening on the "left?" At the same time the dems are saying they stand for the people, we're approving more mega-mergers, slashing benefits, not moving forward with healthcare or meaningful economic or justice reforms - yet seeking credit for talk
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You voted for Jill Stein, right?
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