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1. Rebecca Brückmann (historleans@historians.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 19:07:57 JST Rebecca Brückmann

   Frankly, I am so done with media "explaining" the electoral successes of right-wing and fascist parties/candidates in many parts of this world as "people" being "fed up" with "the usual" politics. Really? Then how come, e.g., Black voters don't provide right-wing majorities, if it's all just about class related status quo? Could it actually mean that large sections of our societies harbor racist, homophobic, and antisemitic hate and really support authoritarianism? It's all so mysterious, innit.

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   • Rebecca Brückmann (historleans@historians.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2023 19:08:33 JST Rebecca Brückmann

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     And the people who are, truly, fed up with the status quo (which is a much larger and more diverse group than commonly acknowledged in NYT Midwest Diner stories): why is your first impulse to take a sharp right turn, then? Because, historically, that has worked out so well for laborers? You're not voting against your own interests, though, if your primary interest is white supremacy. That is an entirely rational decision if your priority is to keep "those people" further down than your.