Post by @tzimmer_history@mastodon.social

2023-05-14 13:42 UTC

The Right is defined by a political and social culture of white grievance, ethno-religious nationalism, gun fundamentalism, toxic masculinity, and glorified militancy - it is bound to produce many iterations of Kyle Rittenhouse. Very hard to sustain democracy under such circumstances.

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@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social 2023-05-14 14:12

It’s crucial to emphasize how this open embrace of vigilante violence functions in the broader context of the political conflict - it serves a specific purpose as part of the reactionary counter-mobilization against multiracial, pluralistic democracy.

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@CJPaloma@universeodon.com 2023-05-14 13:56

@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social In the past few decades as wealth inequity has widened, 50 trillion has been stolen from these guys... not by POC or women or the gays, but by billionaires. Back in reality, these billionaires look a LOT like the very demographic they then rile up and tell lies to ...about who is to blame. For real swaths of the population: the old ruse of distract, divide and conquer STILL WORkS...like a charm. https://www.businessinsider.com/wealthiest-1-percent-stole-50-trillion-working-americans-what-means-2020-9

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@Sandywb@dftba.club 2023-05-14 17:27

@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social Isn’t destroying democracy their end goal?

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