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In reply to the discussion: Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature -- George Monbiot [View all]FrankTC
(260 posts)4. This Implies a Nasty Circularity
Evidently inequality leads to authoritarianism, while authoritarianism leads to crony capitalism and greater inequality. Thats objectively the reality a self-reinforcing feedback dynamic that seems hard to interrupt. On the other hand, there is a perceptual challenge. Subjectively, MAGAts will have to be convinced that support for the authoritarian order represents a blow against the elites who are oppressing them. This is the agenda of right-wing media operations. Eventually the internal contradiction can lead to its collapse and demise.
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Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature -- George Monbiot [View all]
erronis
Apr 2025
OP
Because all maga gonna be millionaires as soon a tRump gets goobermint out of their way
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2025
#3
Because the rich guy is blaming the immigrants and the women and the woke
EdmondDantes_
Apr 2025
#12
Well said. And that collapse and demise won't happen pleasantly. Visions of guillotines...
erronis
Apr 2025
#5
After he is done in 2028, I don't think people will be hungering for more of Republican crap
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2025
#10
Trump will be done in '28 and we will have elections in '26? You're more optimistic than I am.
elocs
Apr 2025
#40
I think we will have elections in 2026. I don't think Trump will be done himself
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2025
#48
DON'T OVERTHINK IT. The rich and the wannabe Hitlers know which buttons to push.
usonian
Apr 2025
#14
old enough to remember when Democrats were populists and GOP'ers were globalist pigs.
WarGamer
Apr 2025
#18
Right wing populism is based on fear as well: fear of change, fear of the unknown, and fear of the other
andym
Apr 2025
#20
Trump sold himself as a populist by being anti-establishment, that's it. Republicans are not populists.
betsuni
Apr 2025
#21
I didn't know that T.V.s had built-in channels. Thought it was based on the cable provider.
erronis
Apr 2025
#34
I really like your explanation. And it's not just education, but the ability to think critically.
erronis
Apr 2025
#24
You can get a degree without being educated and you can be educated without a degree.
meadowlander
Apr 2025
#39