Great explainer from Laura K. Field, on how 21st C. US #fascism displaced aspirational democracy. Fears about community and modernity have been far easier to weaponize than most realized. It isn't something we are still “on the road toward”. #rightwingRadicalization #tyranny #authoritarianism
Very good discussion of the intellectual roots of MAGA, its deep flaws and incoherences, and the challenge of the moment for liberalism in response, from @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @lkatfield.bsky.social, off of her new book, which I highly recommend:
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What Is the Glue Binding the New Right's Disparate Factions? Zack Beauchamp's Conversation with Laura Field
The political theorist says that nationalism and a nostalgia for old gender norms are part of the answer
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August 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Great explainer from Laura K. Field, on how 21st C. US #fascism displaced aspirational democracy. Fears about community and modernity have been far easier to weaponize than most realized. It isn't something we are still “on the road toward”. #rightwingRadicalization #tyranny #authoritarianism
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#TrumpCultureWar #RightWingExtremismOnline #MAGABacklash #OnlineHateSpeech #ConservativeRadicalization #AltRightMovement #TrumpSupporterCulture #CultureWarfare #RightWingRadicalization #USPoliticsOnline
#TrumpCultureWar #RightWingExtremismOnline #MAGABacklash #OnlineHateSpeech #ConservativeRadicalization #AltRightMovement #TrumpSupporterCulture #CultureWarfare #RightWingRadicalization #USPoliticsOnline
Sydney Sweeney Can’t Act
It’s not a personal attack. It’s about what she represents
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November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM