RE: "But even without America turning fully fascist — a goal that’s already been partly achieved in multiple Red states, but is still out of reach for all of America without another Republican presidency — big business and the morbidly rich benefit tremendously when Americans are at each other’s throats."
RE: "But even without America turning fully fascist — a goal that’s already been partly achieved in multiple Red states, but is still out of reach for all of America without another Republican presidency — big business and the morbidly rich benefit tremendously when Americans are at each other’s throats."
Speaking of goals, the oligarchs and their GQP lackeys share a common goal - ending our form of democracy. Their methods, as you describe are division and distraction through hate and fear, keep us from acknowledging and resisting this goal. Democracy limits their wealth and power. Both groups hate democracy becuase it limits their abuse of the majority through wage theft and forced slavery. The want democracy replaced with an authoritarian form of government like fascism to maintain their minority control of all things political and economic.
Oligarchs and their lackeys (white supremacists and evangelical Christianists) are, as John Dean has effectively documented, right-wing authoritarians (RWA). They want to maximize inequality and democracy is contrary to that goal. The oligarchs are authoritarian social dominators or "double highs." Their lackeys are blindly obedient RWA followers. As RWAs, they represent a minority, about 22% of the population based on the 2020 voter participation.
Since democracy isn't effective in maintaining their worldview of social hierarchy, dominance and freedom to abuse, it must be ended and ending it requires division and distraction.
RE: "But even without America turning fully fascist — a goal that’s already been partly achieved in multiple Red states, but is still out of reach for all of America without another Republican presidency — big business and the morbidly rich benefit tremendously when Americans are at each other’s throats."
Speaking of goals, the oligarchs and their GQP lackeys share a common goal - ending our form of democracy. Their methods, as you describe are division and distraction through hate and fear, keep us from acknowledging and resisting this goal. Democracy limits their wealth and power. Both groups hate democracy becuase it limits their abuse of the majority through wage theft and forced slavery. The want democracy replaced with an authoritarian form of government like fascism to maintain their minority control of all things political and economic.
Oligarchs and their lackeys (white supremacists and evangelical Christianists) are, as John Dean has effectively documented, right-wing authoritarians (RWA). They want to maximize inequality and democracy is contrary to that goal. The oligarchs are authoritarian social dominators or "double highs." Their lackeys are blindly obedient RWA followers. As RWAs, they represent a minority, about 22% of the population based on the 2020 voter participation.
Since democracy isn't effective in maintaining their worldview of social hierarchy, dominance and freedom to abuse, it must be ended and ending it requires division and distraction.