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"The GOP's white-grievance movement is increasingly anti-American," (Original Post)
YorkRd
Feb 2022
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dalton99a
(92,843 posts)1. Because chaos is what Putin wants for the West
Chaos leads to paralysis.

maxsolomon
(38,393 posts)2. Chaos & Disorder are the method.
Adapted wholesale from Putin's Autocracy.
White Grievance is the pretext, as its always been for the Right in American History.
Making Liberal/Democratic governance appear weak and incompetent is the goal - see J. Carter, POTUS, 1977-1981. Malaise pays off.
Take it from BLM; Americans hate you when you block a road. They won't stand for it; they'll pass a law making it legal to run you over. This Trucker Shit won't work here.
Wounded Bear
(63,980 posts)5. Authoritarian Handbook Chapter 1...nt
YorkRd
(431 posts)4. Right wingers are people who love their country so much they want to burn it down
YorkRd
(431 posts)6. The Herman Goring playbook
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
Hermann Goring
