The Right's fear of loss of power has created a pathological pursuit of it. The "Make American Great Again" slogan is a nostalgic romanticization of not just a perceived past that included cultural dominance....but one where that cultural dominance wielded political power....1/
https://twitter.com/heehee3/status/1329584534845755392
The inevitable demographical change that will result in the U.S becoming minority majority by 2045 has created fear over the realization that with the demographical shift comes, not only comes a cultural shift....but a shift in political power dynamic. As a result...2/
....the Right has embraced a "the ends justifies the means" strategy to desperately cling to power in the Supreme Court (Merrick Garland)....through voter suppression....and even undermining half the country's faith in democratic elections (Thread): 3/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1194586885219205121
I wrote about the how Republican Party's endorsement of Trump was a repudiation of it's own post 2012 autopsy, which was a road map for how to adapt to the country's demographical changes here: 4/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1120287426281295874
Thread on fear and Religion in politics: 5/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1161042539043942400
Continuation thread: 6/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1329775243930439688
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