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Hortensis

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7. No! We got that one backwards. They identified with
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 09:43 AM
Oct 2018

a group (Iowa Republicans), then they agreed to accept the leader who arose (Steve King), then they adopted HIS "values," or more likely dutifully supported whatever he did without understanding his goals, because that's what followers of leaders do.

This dynamic has been proven and reproven by research, and it's not limited to conservatives, others follow this pattern also -- to varying degrees. But fascism is an archconservative phenomenon, so King's Iowa constituents have been sending a fascist to congress to "represent" them and supporting his choices.

Think about this and take a good look at Trump's followers. (!)

"Liberalism is the individual. Fascism is the State." ~ Mussolini

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