Sure, and to continue your thought another obvious part of this system is to create a mythical past in which the nation (or at least those who support its would-be leader) was a “great” place to live. In those days it was strong and took no nonsense from internal subversives or outside aliens. But it was corrupted by these groups who poi…
Sure, and to continue your thought another obvious part of this system is to create a mythical past in which the nation (or at least those who support its would-be leader) was a “great” place to live. In those days it was strong and took no nonsense from internal subversives or outside aliens. But it was corrupted by these groups who poisoned the pure blood of the people and twisted the minds of their young. So violent action is needed to restore the Homeland!
The Confederacy had its Cavalier Myth about the South being founded by heroic men fleeing a tyrannical English king. Mussolini tried to get Italians to hark back to ancient Rome, and using crackpot 19th century anthropologists Hitler’s people created a sort of Wagnerian Teutonic myth. Right now Putin is doing this by channeling Peter the Great and reviving the Orthodox Church. And as you mentioned, Orban is using the Romany as scapegoats. There are many other examples where a demagogue whips up people with “racial pride”. After all, they have little else to fall back on, want somebody to blame for their problems and are glad to join a group of “winners”. So to return to your point, it is obvious why fear and violence will come out of such a mindset, especially with the number of guns in America. After all, an attack on The Leader is an attack on The Nation and its True People.
Sure, and to continue your thought another obvious part of this system is to create a mythical past in which the nation (or at least those who support its would-be leader) was a “great” place to live. In those days it was strong and took no nonsense from internal subversives or outside aliens. But it was corrupted by these groups who poisoned the pure blood of the people and twisted the minds of their young. So violent action is needed to restore the Homeland!
The Confederacy had its Cavalier Myth about the South being founded by heroic men fleeing a tyrannical English king. Mussolini tried to get Italians to hark back to ancient Rome, and using crackpot 19th century anthropologists Hitler’s people created a sort of Wagnerian Teutonic myth. Right now Putin is doing this by channeling Peter the Great and reviving the Orthodox Church. And as you mentioned, Orban is using the Romany as scapegoats. There are many other examples where a demagogue whips up people with “racial pride”. After all, they have little else to fall back on, want somebody to blame for their problems and are glad to join a group of “winners”. So to return to your point, it is obvious why fear and violence will come out of such a mindset, especially with the number of guns in America. After all, an attack on The Leader is an attack on The Nation and its True People.