I saw the documentary White Right recently. It taught me to see white nationalists as angsty teens going through a “fuck the world” stage. The main differences are (1) they never grew out of it, and (2) as adults, they’ve linked up into an awkward club.
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I think the "no escape hatch" aspect of it is what solidifies the belief. I don't know if either of you have ever been a believer of a specific religion or anything but there's kind of very distinct switch/release that occurs where you kind of move from casual to "believer"
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No but that’s an interesting description, and I can imagine how it works like that. Once you profess belief, you lock in social validation, and even when you may not want to believe any more, your “face” + other people’s expectations reinforce the belief.
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