The end of the post WWII liberal consensus and the emergence of a new fascism? | 21 comments (21 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

... the emergence of a new fascism? (none / 1)

In my analysis of 21st century developments you refer to secondary effects only. The roots of the alt-right started for the Republicans under Barry Goldwater (1964)and it went underground but quietly expanded. The Clinton years set the stage for both isolation of the Russian Federation and the upheaval of the Middle East with ally Israel. Netanyahu Zionist policy took hold and expanded from there. The 9/11 attacks were visible from mid 90s and changed the Western world ... Netanyahu personally equated the Palestinian question with Al Qaeda terror ... the Neocon wars according to the Project for the New American Century too were rooted in the mid 90s.

The Covid-19 pandemic became the upbeat for Trump's MAGA policy shunning Communist China a decade ago a fool's errand to treat Kim Jong Un and Putin as "friendly" dictators. Trump clearly went off the reservation.

The BreXit drama and flow of Syrian refugees into Europe (2015) was the result of xenophobia and Islamophobia post Bush's War on Terror. The role of NATO in the Iraq and Afghan wars was a setting to let the "defense alliance" grow far beyond its founding principles ... it became an expeditionary force for Washington elites.

Fascism is just a small step away ... Joe Biden to my disappointment had been clearly a warmonger and added fuel the Trump's MAGA policy and helped ruin the Middle East along with Zionist buddy Bibi.

European Union expansion YES .... NATO expansion and aggression NO.

It is a choice between Peace ☮️ and War with destruction 🔥 🔥

My diary @BooMan in 2018 ...

Signs of Fascism in a Post-Democratic State

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 at 09:17:34 AM EST

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A single post added to my 2018 diary as Democrats were already exposed to war rhetoric and anti-Putism as foreign policy: "Make Russia a parish state," both Ivo Daalder and John Kerry @TheAtlanticCouncil.

Bernie Sanders says doesn't believe Israel on Gaza | Ynet News |

"My assessment is that Israel 'overreacted' in its response to violent rioting on the Gaza border, Sanders says in CNN interview; 'Gaza is a disaster right now. We're going to continue to see those kinds of demonstrations and protests unless the world community recognizes the problem in Gaza."
In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Sanders was asked if he accepted Israel's version that most of the Palestinian dead were terrorists who directed attacks against Israel under the cover of protesters.
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"No, I don't," Sanders responded. "My understanding is you have tens of thousands of people who were engaged in a non-violent protest. I believe now 15 or 20 people, Palestinians, have been killed, and many many others have been wounded. So I think it's a difficult situation, but my assessment is that Israel overreacted on that."
United States leadership living in a parallel universe ...

Full diary published @EuroTrib today ...

Israel's Gaza Deaths 'An Overreaction'

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 at 12:54:46 PM EST
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How America's largest local TV owner turned its news anchors into soldiers in Trump's war on the media: [_link] pic.twitter.com/dMdSGellH3
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) March 31, 2018

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 at 12:55:58 PM EST
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"....started for the Republicans under Barry Goldwater (1964)and it went underground but quietly expanded"

It didn't go very far underground.

Rick Perlstein's books on Goldwater, Nixon, and then Reagan will lay the whole story out for you: Before the Storm, Nixonland, The Invisible Bridge, and Reaganland. These authoritarian bastards have never stopped working on getting and keeping power. They won't stop even if there beaten to a pulp by this election or any other because they know their birthright is to rule over all, arrogantly stupid as they are.

Solar IS Civil Defense

by gmoke on Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 at 08:29:28 PM EST
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Reaganland Is the Riveting Conclusion to a Story That Still Isn't Over | Slate - 2020 |

Thx! Much appreciated 😊

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 at 09:07:56 PM EST
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The historian of the Republican Party, Heather Cox Richardson, has detailed the origins of what she called "Movement Conservatives" in a couple of her books as well as several articles. The post-war impulse was pioneered by William Buckley, Jr. and his schizophrenic brother-in-law L. Brent Bozell under the shadow of McCarthy. It effectively went mainstream with Goldwater. See, "How the South Won the Civil War" among others.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Mon Nov 4th, 2024 at 07:43:59 AM EST
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My last diary here @ET

JBS Hidden from Public Scrutiny

The John Birch Society (JBS), or Birchers, as Matthew Dallek calls them in his new history, slots into a long genealogy of rightwing conspiracy movements that date back to the republic's founding.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Nov 6th, 2024 at 08:02:18 AM EST
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The end of the post WWII liberal consensus and the emergence of a new fascism? | 21 comments (21 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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