Perhaps rightwing populist MAGA types should try harder to disguise their open admiration for the Taliban
i’m not sure it’s a maga thing. it has some overlap, but it’s a trad right authoritarian thing, which is just really niche. i also think it’s pretty new, which makes it hard to talk about (have been struggling with this myself)
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It emerges out of the same realigment that saw MAGA style populism begin to question post-9/11 jingoism as a staple of a right wing disposition, or prioritizing big business and free trade over localism and protectionism There were hints this was coming:https://youtu.be/UodJB1tRNVE
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the natural progression of the nationalist is from the infantile myopic supremacism to the universal ethnat - the right of all peoples to self determination. a place for every race
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“White shariah” has been a thing for a good while. But this has slightly different roots. Mostly just an anti natsec maximalist position rather than a positive position in its own right.
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I think a lot of it stems from: 1) the enemy of my enemy is my friend and that group of people just humiliated my rivals 2) they see themselves in a group of resistance fighters taking down “the empire” I’m not sure there’s much more to it than that but could be wrong
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Also 3) The talichads vs the pantsuit empire” is also pretty hilarious no matter how accurate it might be Everything has turned into a meme at this point so I honestly think this factors in Not good for the individual or the country but here we are
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It’s not niche and it has nothing to do with “trad” or “authoritarianism”. It is because many people who were demoralized just watched a bunch of randos in the desert defeat the largest empire on Earth, which is the same empire that they are up against, albeit from the inside.
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