I appreciated this piece – it addresses important points about what drives Trumpism that many ppl on both the center & left (& especially mainstream Dems) don't seem to get...
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Noah Berlatsky
wrote a long piece about how fascists justify cruelty. It works a lot like John Wick or James Bond; you create a story about evil bad guys who deserve whatever happens to them. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-righte...
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what about this article entitles anybody to chastise "the left" on what we understand
or how
what pray tell did the actual existing left (not dem trash but actual existing) fail to consider about motives for MAGA
might be cozy but the footing sucks
"The thing to understand, though, is that this permission structure, this narrative of righteous cruelty as punishment for unrighteous cruelty, is exactly how fascists justify their cruelty."