Some right-wingers certainly thrive on chaos for its own sake, but it's worth remembering that clever right-wingers use chaos, real or rhetorical or imaginary, as a means to an end. Mussolini did. Hitler did. Franco did. They used "chaos" as an rationale for suspending civil liberties, constitutions, etc., and taking over.
Some right-wingers certainly thrive on chaos for its own sake, but it's worth remembering that clever right-wingers use chaos, real or rhetorical or imaginary, as a means to an end. Mussolini did. Hitler did. Franco did. They used "chaos" as an rationale for suspending civil liberties, constitutions, etc., and taking over.
Trump followed that playbook with his "I alone can fix it," which he couldn't do, but he was posturing as a dictator wannabe.
My take is that for the white right "chaos" doesn't necessarily mean violence in the streets -- it means a multi-racial, multi-cultural nation where white Christian men aren't running the show. I'd put Viktor Orbán on a continuum with all of the above, and it's no secret how much the upper-level Republicans admire Viktor Orbán.
Yes, it does seem like chaos is one tactic by which fascists regimes take control--along with fear and despair. They dismember the social order that would be the means by which they would be resisted. And in an atmosphere of chaos, the populous will accept authoritarianism as a means of reestablishing an order. Thus, Hitler directed his Brown Shirt militia to attack gatherings of the Left. When the Left responded in kind and there was brawling in the streets, the German people said, "Do what you want, but get u peace in the streets." Hitler got Martial Law, started arresting his enemies, and it was all over. When those attacks come here, we must respond non violently. Any violent response will be used against us.
Some right-wingers certainly thrive on chaos for its own sake, but it's worth remembering that clever right-wingers use chaos, real or rhetorical or imaginary, as a means to an end. Mussolini did. Hitler did. Franco did. They used "chaos" as an rationale for suspending civil liberties, constitutions, etc., and taking over.
Trump followed that playbook with his "I alone can fix it," which he couldn't do, but he was posturing as a dictator wannabe.
My take is that for the white right "chaos" doesn't necessarily mean violence in the streets -- it means a multi-racial, multi-cultural nation where white Christian men aren't running the show. I'd put Viktor Orbán on a continuum with all of the above, and it's no secret how much the upper-level Republicans admire Viktor Orbán.
Yes, it does seem like chaos is one tactic by which fascists regimes take control--along with fear and despair. They dismember the social order that would be the means by which they would be resisted. And in an atmosphere of chaos, the populous will accept authoritarianism as a means of reestablishing an order. Thus, Hitler directed his Brown Shirt militia to attack gatherings of the Left. When the Left responded in kind and there was brawling in the streets, the German people said, "Do what you want, but get u peace in the streets." Hitler got Martial Law, started arresting his enemies, and it was all over. When those attacks come here, we must respond non violently. Any violent response will be used against us.
They will find a way to eliminate you, if you don't toe the dictator's line.
Hitler did a masterful job of that. Big brother watched every movement an individual made.