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brakester

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37. Wow!! Another fascinating and lively discussion in DU!

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:41 AM

Oct 6

I learn so much here! The fact that parallel philosophical and political movements of today stretch back to the beginning of our country and even back to Europe prior to the founding of our country is phenomenal!

It makes me wish I could devote another lifetime to studying history!

This ties today's situation to McCarthy, the KKK, the Masons, but not in a straightforward way and this fascinates me. And the part that immigration plays in this is startling. It fills in gaps in my knowledge of history.

Love DU!

The similarities are the paranoid nature of movements that spread throughout society and that spawned conspiracy theories.

The difference that makes this era more dangerous is the internet and vast quantities of acquired wealth.

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BINGO [View all] pbmus Oct 4 OP

Impressively clear explanation Raven123 Oct 4 #1

Hear, hear peppertree Oct 4 #34

Perfectly stated malaise Oct 4 #2

Wow. A couple questions: Who is this? How do I get a transcript? Thank you. Hekate Oct 4 #3

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Oct 4 #4

For those not looking at xitter... 2naSalit Oct 4 #5

It is an incredibly clear and concise explanation of what fascism is. Biophilic Oct 4 #7

I don't recall... 2naSalit Oct 4 #23

Sorry. I see that word thrown around a lot. Biophilic Oct 4 #26

Wow, that was excellent. Yeah, who is this guy? Biophilic Oct 4 #6

Bright and clear take BaronChocula Oct 4 #8

Here is the tiktok account the video came from. Wiz Imp Oct 4 #9

A video pinned at the top of that tiktok account Wiz Imp Oct 4 #10

Ty 4 sharing this questionseverything Oct 4 #11

WOW!!! brakester Oct 6 #39

Fascism starts as a protest movement? Martin Eden Oct 4 #12

one could argue it started with the tea party protests proud patriot Oct 4 #14

Tea Party was astroturf Martin Eden Oct 4 #20

hofstader's classic "paranoid style in american politics" rampartd Oct 4 #29

Wow!! Another fascinating and lively discussion in DU! brakester Oct 6 #37

Bookmarking thanks proud patriot Oct 4 #13

Great explanation. Thanks for posting. Timeflyer Oct 4 #15

That seems 10,000X too academic to actually inform anybody who needs to understand this. Bluetus Oct 4 #16

Thank you. LittleGirl Oct 4 #19

Dead on... dwayneb Oct 4 #30

Yes, but this is about the playbook Bluetus Oct 4 #35

Thank you, bluetus! brakester Oct 6 #38

Maybe it's just me dweller Oct 4 #17

It's to avoid the TikTok filter JoseBalow Oct 4 #18

Seriously ? dweller Oct 4 #21

Possibly JoseBalow Oct 4 #22

And there is the bugabear dweller Oct 4 #25

Yessir pbmus Oct 4 #27

Thank You!!!! cjon Oct 4 #24

Ah well. Not going to xhitter, nor joining google play. niyad Oct 4 #28

When you start using "conservative" to describe the radical right, valleyrogue Oct 4 #31

Everybody has one pbmus Oct 4 #33

This definitely needs to be simplified Racygrandma Oct 4 #32

A very powerful and insightful discussion. I think the Lincoln Project guys, former conservatives, are early in... NNadir Oct 5 #36