Remember back in the day before the Twin Towers fell when George W Bush was sending spy planes into China’s airspace and then one crashed into a Chinese fighter jet? I was certain this was going to be the beginning of the next global conflagaration.
Well, a fight against the PRC might still happen.
South China Sea fishing activities proof of China’s maritime rights: official • 2016 Mar 7 • Megha Rajagopalan • Reuters
To be certain, the problem isn’t Donald Trump. The problem is that a significant proportion of the population of the U.S. believes fascism and/or theocracy are perfectly cromulent solutions for the woes of our country.
The Great Betrayal and the Divide of the GOP • 2016 Mar 7 • Josh Marshall • Talking Points Memo
These are common features of ultranationalist right-wing authoritarianism around the world: the belief that democracy has failed and that the only solution is for a powerful leader to take charge.
I’m beginning to believe that Trump supporters belong to two major camps: people without an ideology who think that the only way to fix things is to break things completely first, and people who truly believe that fascism is exactly what the U.S. needs to become the greatest it can be.
It’s a mistake to believe they’re all insane and stupid. They know exactly what they’re doing.
(crossposted on Facebook){: .metadata }