another such trope is the idea that there is a massive racist groundswell in America, and catering to this groundswell is the reason for Trump's victory
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and if you check in on the actualfa, you'll see they believe this "our numbers are growing" "the people are coming to us" "we are so huge omg" when you look at pictures of their actual gatherings: uhhhhhh no
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Paul Nehlen also believes this, so he's not just running a campaign as an aggressive populist or as a nationalist or what have you, he's going for that mythical base
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Nehlen is trying to make the mythical hard right Trump base his actual base bc he thinks it exists in sufficient numbers to matter.
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hence his not just playing footsie, but tweeting "da goyim know" and hints he'll write a lengthy piece where he's gonna Name the Jew or something
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what'll actually happen: he'll get a ton of publicity, he won't win, and the actualfa will pick up stunningly few recruits from it bc white nationalism is not actually a draw
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The only thing that might get some effect from Nehlen's kamikaze publicity run is his proposal to put controls on social media blacklisting. Somebody might swipe that out from under him.
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Ultimately, though, it's just going to be another round of stuff that polarizes people and that the actualfa fail to capitalize on.
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Replying to @hradzka
one theory is that Nehlen is making a savvy bet on everything going to hell say you think that there is only a 1 in 10 shot that US politics turns into Rwanda. But if it does, the GOP pol most reviled by the media is naturally positioned to lead white faction in self-defense
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas
1) Batman's parents are dead 2) Kill your parents 3) Holy shit you're Batman (there are many many ways to describe this kind of thinking; "savvy" is not one of them)
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depends what you think the odds of a breakdown are, no? you don't need a 51% chance of payoff to have a profitable bet
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