I think the "45 is a symptom" takes have the most explanatory power. Half a century of building up propaganda made it easy for a grifter to stumble in and exploit preexisting work.
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Still need more focus on how none of what they attempted would have been possible without the federalist society installing loyal apparatchiks at every level for ~40 years
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Agree. His movement has changed and morphed with every thing they get away with. I think it’s ridiculous to say acknowledging that means you aren’t allowing the center left to deal with it. I mean, they aren’t dealing with it. So.
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The guy himself is (3) and the political forces and followers behind him that he relies on for power and that shape his political agenda are some combination of (1) and (2)
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Yea, it’s not like dictators are birthed fully formed. 2020/21 was a clown coup but now there’s organization to put in place the ppl that could turn it into a real coup.
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The success of an Orban style fascism emboldens the pursuit of the more dangerous scenarios in the US because it, like 20th century Germany, actually has real military and economic power which cannot easily be contained and can universally resist interference in domestic affairs
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