It baffles me too. The media doesn't seems to realize the following: ..." and he has pushed his vision by eliminating the independent press," As we well know trump was working to eliminate his enemies in the press and those news organizations he hated. He wanted State controlled media.
The only thing I can think of is that is is "wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross" which appeals to their very souls. They lack the capacity to see that "they" (the true believers) are no different than "us" (fill in whatever fits for you) when it comes to the fascist, kleptocratic autocrats that will be in charge.
Self-preservation is a hard-wired primal instinct, or so I was taught. For some on the far right it seems that they have suffered brain damage as that instinct seems to have been numbed or destroyed. Look no further than the response of many on the far right to public health guidelines. How many people who got seriously ill or died from COVID thought of themselves as heroes for "owning the libs."
That is easy to explain. It is their kind that benefit. White, supposedly Christian, well to do mostly. I believe even in Nazi Germany, if one kept in line, they did just fine.
Why do they? They would have to live under fascism too…what’s in it for them day to day? I have not been able to get this.
It baffles me too. The media doesn't seems to realize the following: ..." and he has pushed his vision by eliminating the independent press," As we well know trump was working to eliminate his enemies in the press and those news organizations he hated. He wanted State controlled media.
The only thing I can think of is that is is "wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross" which appeals to their very souls. They lack the capacity to see that "they" (the true believers) are no different than "us" (fill in whatever fits for you) when it comes to the fascist, kleptocratic autocrats that will be in charge.
Self-preservation is a hard-wired primal instinct, or so I was taught. For some on the far right it seems that they have suffered brain damage as that instinct seems to have been numbed or destroyed. Look no further than the response of many on the far right to public health guidelines. How many people who got seriously ill or died from COVID thought of themselves as heroes for "owning the libs."
Because ignorance is bliss. It hasn’t ever happened to “them”, just others.
That is easy to explain. It is their kind that benefit. White, supposedly Christian, well to do mostly. I believe even in Nazi Germany, if one kept in line, they did just fine.
Unless they were Jewish.
Yes!!! Don't they get it?