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JOHN HERSHEL's avatar

Modern Conservativism is a cover/fig leaf for middle class/rural white people to advance grievances & express their bigotry & for rich folks(mostly white) to make a lot of $$ thru tax cuts deregulation & removal of oversight/watchdog government functions especially at SEC IRS EPA etc. GOP FRIENDLY BILLIONAIRES created powerful media platforms like Fox news RW 📻 to control the information space. Non fox media now regularly eschews ''journalism'' in favor of ratings, their social media tie ins etc.

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Ian Douglas Rushlau's avatar

Why do you so studiously avoid using the correct term- fascism?

The GOP has been trafficking in fascist attitudes and policies since before you were born, and it is the unifying worldview of the rank and file GOP voter.

The failure to recognize the reality what we are facing has, in all likelihood, already cost us our pluralistic democracy.

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