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Hoosier, Political Analyst, Assoc Prof, Muckrake Podcast, AMERICAN RULE: HOW A NATION CONQUERED THE WORLD BUT FAILED ITS PEOPLE 9/15 , Opinions mine

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    Jun 11

    All right. Let's talk about how the Confederacy survived the Civil War, was absorbed into our culture, laws, and politics, and remains an everpresent threat we must destroy. I didn't know any of this until I started researching American Rule. 1/

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Again. The Republican Party has no principles beyond the consolidation of power in pursuit of the goals and agendas of wealthy white people. You cannot appeal to their consciences or precedent or norms or laws. This is about power. Pure and simple.

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    Mitch McConnell says the quiet part loud here
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  3. 4 hours ago

    Our media, pundits, and politicians simply aren’t up to the challenge of handling creeping fascism. The natural inclination is to continue treating everything as if it’s equal and normal, which just creates a perfect environment for crypto-fascists to consolidate power.

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  4. 4 hours ago

    It’s kind of amazing to watch people hound Biden over Court packing, a completely legal thing the system allows, while Trump has continually told people he plans on undermining an election and holding the presidency the rest of his life and it barely earns a shrug.

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    Oct 9

    Finished American Rule by - highly recommend and his YouTube channel and podcast. We need more people to understand our history and what we are up against. Trumpism is Fascism.

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  6. 22 hours ago

    Just a reminder that fascism is about destroying any possible competition and establishing one-party rule that suppression criticism by means of violence and intimidation. Trump and the Republicans have barreled through one mile-marker of fascism after another.

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    Trump begins his first post-coronavirus diagnosis speech by telling his adoring fans at the White House, "we gotta vote these people into oblivion. Into oblivion. Gotta get rid of 'em. So bad for our country."
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    Oct 8

    I keep saying it. Trump isn't the disease, he's a symptom. Get educated, get angry, and get organized. This isn't just an election. It's a tipping point. We have to win this and then work beyond it to create a society based on truth and democracy. We can do it. 38/38

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    Oct 8

    Our history has been weaponized, perverted, turned into a twisted version of itself, all to keep us locked in the spell of white supremacy. We have to use this crisis as a major moment of reconsideration and reconciliation. Anything less will be fatal. 37/

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    Oct 8

    We cannot treat Trump or the Republican Party like they're anything but fascists. We can't act like this is in good favor. We must learn our history, reject these white supremacist, aristocratic myths, and find something real, human, and lasting. 36/

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    Oct 8

    Mike Lee did us a favor. In his addled state he gave the game away. The Republican Party is a fascist movement obsessed with rolling back the clock, reestablishing a power base that can't be challenged, and recreating the white supremacist America of the past. 35/

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    Oct 8

    Like the previous fascist flareup with the Confederacy, Trumpism is about recognizing shifting power and demographics, and reacting with an outright war on liberal democracy and democratic institutions. Not only can it happen here, it's happened and it's happening again. 34/

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    Oct 8

    And like other fascists, Trump works with law enforcement and the judicial system to roll back all gains done in civil rights and equal measures, recreating the unequal system designed by our Founding Fathers in pursuit of white supremacy and aristocracy. 33/

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    Oct 8

    Trumpism works in conjunction with white-identity evangelicals, who believe they are under attack and being persecuted. It's a deal so many fascists have made with Christians over the years. It's a natural evolution - the church into a death cult of leader worship. 32/

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    Oct 8

    The sad truth of Trumpism is that it's preaching to a dwindling number of people, a very, very vocal minority who are terrified of their losing grip on power. It is a fascistic movement determined to destroy democracy itself in order to continue with that power. 31/

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    Oct 8

    This is where Trump and MAGA/fascism come in. He is the "strongman" who is willing to dispense of democracy now that it's "killing" America. The Right has been radicalized and terrorized to the point where they will accept any action as long as it maintains their power. 30/

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    Oct 8

    Meanwhile, in segments mirroring propaganda in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, viewers are told that the country is vanishing, that "outsiders" are infecting the body and changing everything. It's part of the conspiracy, and unless dealt with means death of the country. 29/

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    Oct 8

    The Right's propaganda says that America is perfect, has been until they ruined it, and that any questioning is part of a larger attack, a satanic attack. These fascists create an environment of ultra-nationalism that inspires militarism and violence. 28/

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    Oct 8

    First and foremost, the Right Wing media holds up the lie that our Founding wasn't white supremacist and aristocratic in nature. It was divine. Aided by God. So how could you possibly even question it unless you're part of a satanic conspiracy? 27/

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    Oct 8

    For decades now the American Right has been flooded with fascistic propaganda aimed at changing demographics, warning white Americans their days as the majority were numbered and that deadly plans were being enacted against them. This is their message. 26/

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    Oct 8

    The message was that society had been betrayed by democracy, that conspiracies involving people of color, vulnerable populations, liberals, and outside "puppetmasters" had conspired to destroy the nation. The fascists promised a return to glory if democracy was destroyed. 25/

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    Oct 8

    Fascism is LITERALLY about minority groups and movements gaining control of society by means of force, intimidation, violence, and the outright destruction of democratic institutions. It's a small group leveling their will on society and conquering it. 24/

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