Let’s be clear. Poisonous, white supremacist, paranoid conspiracy theories aren’t a new thing for the GOP.
This is the party of the Red Scare, the John Birch Society, the New World Order, and climate denial. All used to help curb reform and benefit the wealthy and powerful.
This is the party of the Red Scare, the John Birch Society, the New World Order, and climate denial. All used to help curb reform and benefit the wealthy and powerful.
No one’s going to “discover” their conscience. It’s a matter of calculating whether conspiracy theories that destroy society hurt or help their chances of holding onto or consolidating power.
It’s who the Republicans are.
It’s who the Republicans are.
This current cesspool of Right Wing conspiracy culture didn’t just pop out of nowhere. It’s the logical evolution of a long, long heritage of weaponized conspiracies meant to destroy the social safety net, defeat reform, and redirect anger toward vulnerable populations.
Drawing a line of demarcation from Before Trump and After Trump only obscures a necessary truth: Trump was a symptom of decades worth of the GOP surviving on white supremacist paranoia in service of the wealthy few.
Any other understanding is delusional or self-serving.
Any other understanding is delusional or self-serving.
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