1. Much has been writen ideological forces (xenophobia, religious traditionalism) behind Tucker Carlson's Obran-olatry. But beyond ideological affinity it's always worth thinking about the more worldly glue that binds USA right to foreign dictators: junkets, swag, payola.
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3. As with so much, there are important Cold War roots. William F. Buckley and National Review not only defended regimes like South Africa, Rhodesia, Chile etc. but took junkets from them and actively worked with propaganda wing of their governments to shape stories.pic.twitter.com/OLiCdX4SfD
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4. Some more thoughts on the financial incentives the American right has to support authoritarianismhttps://jeetheer.substack.com/p/funding-a-cruise-through-autocracy?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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A lot of this is sustained by Euros from Brussels that disappear into murky financial networks within Hungary (networks owned/operated by Orban family and friends..)
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Hungarian authoritarianism has roots that go back to Admiral Horthy and fascism back to the Arrow Cross. Gorka is the rule not the exception. The Martians left for reasons
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Have you seen the HBO doc “Lady and The Dale”? Tucker’s Dad is in it.
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