What’s utmost scary is they actually do, they are even intelligent and mostly nice people. They are lied to, and decided to swallow every single lie with no hesitation whatsoever. Why, I don’t get it. But like most Germans were no evil nazis in the ‘30s, most MAGA voters/supporters aren’t either
It’s sad they don’t see the descent into fascism that is happening all around them. How would they have reacted if Obama or Biden sided with Russia and North Korea, started firing thousands of workers, ignored the courts, claimed that only their Executive power was the rule of law?
And even more so, the fascism vortex isn’t even an intellectual construct, despite there being many signs; they openly do the nazi salute!
In case you haven’t seen it, I’d recommend ‘The Plot Against America’. Just rewatched it recently, hits even harder now.
You’re right, ‘all hell [would have broken] out’, I know. On the other hand, no former President (not 100% sure, there was Nixon…), who believed or at least respected democracy, would have done remotely any of it.
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In case you haven’t seen it, I’d recommend ‘The Plot Against America’. Just rewatched it recently, hits even harder now.