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      Unfortunately all of the white people also are the product of European colonization or immigration, but because all that book learnin’ really makes them mad they too think they’re better than anybody because their ancestors fought for America in World War II! So the best thing to do to honor their ancestors is to become a nazi, clearly

      Obviously this is a vast oversimplification, but there has been a constant campaign of anti-intellectualism, nationalism, fascism, classism, racism, (etc etc), and pushing evangelical Christianity into the government for many years, and every year it’s become stronger and stronger.

      But what should be worrying to many is that, while it’s most visible in the US now, it’s happening everywhere. Brexit had the same backers as those who wanted Trump in power. Germany, France, Italy, etc are battling a return of right wing support

      It seems to be a global phenomenon that transcends race or nation, has some roots in capitalism, some roots in foreign power interference (like Russia), and some roots in just people being shitty. And while we might be able to fix the first parts, I’m not convinced we can fix the last one