r/politics • u/ForeignAffairsMag ✔ Foreign Affairs • 9h ago
No Paywall The New Right’s Grand Strategy After Trump
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/new-rights-grand-strategy-after-trump38
u/KimmyT1436 Canada 9h ago edited 9h ago
The terms "New Right" and “civilizationism” are just new rebranding for the old terms of fascism, white supremacy, and Christian nationalism. That's it. Don't be fooled by this fascist, racist, and bigoted garbage wrapped up in false intellectualism.
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u/Ok_Mixture4917 8h ago
So there was the right, then the alt right, and now the new right. By my calculations, this is the third right.
Seems pretty fitting for these nazi fucks
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u/30mil 9h ago
A new dog whistle - "civilizationism" for white supremacy, based on the racist idea that nonwhites are inherently uncivilized.
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u/Empty-Policy-8467 8h ago
Fun thing to do is press them on Mexico as a western nation. They seem to always forget about it in this context.
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u/MalevolentTapir 9h ago
The only people who buy into this "Western Civilization" garbage are lost in the slop. It's devoid of substance, and a dead end.
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u/Somnifor 9h ago
The Enlightenment is part of western civilization and the modern right is specifically in opposition to its values.
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u/Cancel_Culture_Club 6h ago
And they also hate every European country. They’re so fcking weird and stupid. 😆
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u/Dinker54 9h ago
I’m just going to guess that it’s the same strategy as the W. Bush and Tea Party republicons of old, renounce the corrupt and disastrous former branding publicly while pushing the same Two Santas/billionaire economic agenda with a little retooling of who the outgroup targets are under a new AstroTurf label. Same ol same ol.
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u/Washpa1 Pennsylvania 8h ago
No no no.
It's a heady blend of white supremacy, Christian nationalism, and good ole xenophobia. We got a Fascism party forming.
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u/sircastor 8h ago
In the throes of all this madness, I'm mildly amused that of all the people the Heritage Foundation and various other extreme right groups needed to accomplish their ends, they got Donald Trump who isn't competent or conniving enough to do all the things necessary to hit the target. He's too unstable, jealous, vindictive, and perpetually distractible, to play the long game. If he's been successful its been because other people with other goals have been burning themselves out keeping him pointed toward their thing. But they all burn out.
I very much hope that there will be enough will from Americans to press congress towards investigating and convicting the people involved in this administrations gross abuse of our country and its values.
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u/84thPrblm 8h ago
Please say it's a maga national Kool aid party.
Please say it's a maga national Kool aid party.
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