There's probably some really interesting analysis to be done on why so many of these people reject the label of conservatism
Damn, what a class act. Classical liberal Dave Rubin appears on far-right pro-Bolsonaro YT-Channel Brasil Paralelo to help spread propaganda that the media in Brazil & the US has lost ALL credibility and "controls everything". https://youtu.be/LsNbwytomS8 pic.twitter.com/itEL6u3yW3
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On the one hand, after forty years of running the conservative brand into the ground, it lets them rebrand. On the other, it's an appeal to age/authenticity/revealed knowledge that plays to their audience.
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I think it's more than just a strategic move though, it seems like they have some personal investment in thinking of themselves as being positioned against traditionalism, while somehow working to uphold it.
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Excellent point. Rebellious authoritarians.
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just to add on to this, I think that a lot of the "classical liberal" types mythologize being oppressed, and it gives them a "story". they create a world where progressives are "taking over" and they are a counterculture fighting against it.
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Dave Rubin the expert on Brazilian media has spoken
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He knows the word "Brazil," and that's pretty much the extent of it.
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How much self-awareness does he have on a scale of zero to minus fifty
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At this point? Paradoxical.
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thats a big win for the market place of fascim!
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I remember joking about Bolsonaro going on The Rubin Report... fucking hell.
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you were too hopeful
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Following the steps of another pillar of classical liberalism: "David Duke on Bolsonaro: 'He sounds like one of us' "https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-45874344 …
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pEaK cEnTrIsM
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The Last Liberal
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If he's the last liberal, does that mean we got rid of the rest of them?
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Libertarians and "Classical" liberals often tend to be philo-fascists and crypto-nazis. Far to often has this ilk showed their "hard on" for various types of fascist authoritarians from Franco and Salazar up to Putin and Chinese Regime in Beijing. Bolsonaro is no exception.
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This is no surprise, if you look at openly alt right figures such as richard spencer, you’ll find that they were all libertarians once
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"The Libertarian to Extreme Pipeline"
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Indeed so... I think (although this is not a proven statistical fact) that 90% of the alt-right have been recruited from libertarian ranks.
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Right, it's not proven but it can happen. I just don't think it's a huge phenomena. I wanna take a guess and say that most were possibly already conservatives.
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