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Swede

(40,078 posts)
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 10:38 AM Jul 2021

The intellectual right contemplates an 'American Caesar'

-snip- How does ideological change happen? Why do certain political ideas and possibilities that appear outrageous and even unthinkable at one moment in history come to be considered options worth taking seriously? What causes the Overton window to shift dramatically in one direction or another?


https://theweek.com/politics/1003035/the-far-right-contemplates-an-american-caesar

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The intellectual right contemplates an 'American Caesar' (Original Post) Swede Jul 2021 OP
Frightening read. sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 #1
kicking and reccing... bahboo Jul 2021 #2
Caesar was brilliant and competent DavidDvorkin Jul 2021 #3
Confirmation that "intellectual right" is a contradiction in terms. (nt) Paladin Jul 2021 #4

DavidDvorkin

(20,684 posts)
3. Caesar was brilliant and competent
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 02:31 PM
Jul 2021

The idea of an American Caesar is frightening enough, but how can they envision Trump in that role?

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