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Fascists hate it when people have nice things.
Happy people are dangerous to their regime. It's harder to control people if they have nice things.
i think you got it reversed, they are much easier to control when they are content, with creature comforts, thats why the protests are somewhat ineffective and not constant or universal. angry people are unpredictable and much harder to control. thats why the RIGHT HAS TO constantly pacify the conservative base, with culture war bs it also helps them not be thier next target too,. thats how putin does, it propaganda keeps russians addled+alcohol.
There are two schools of thought on this, the Huxleyan "Brave New World" where the masses are controlled via comfort and Orwellian where the masses are controlled via discomfort. Orwell's dystopia calls for outrage to be deflected onto a scapegoat figure or group ("Emmanuel Goldstein"). Both directions can be effective, currently the path of inflicting mass discomfort is just more in vogue.
Uh, I dont think I do. Its common right wing tactics to prey on peoples misfortune, they use it to push their agenda. The most classic example being "you are suffering because of minorities!". Why do you think immigration is always the number 1 talked about topic, when its not even remotely whats actually causing problems?
Its obviously not so cut and dry, obviously people who are content can be influenced in similar ways and people who are angry can be well informed.
they have to switch to lgbtq+, TRans recently, as they cant go all in on immigrants, then they would have to actually answer for it, like show the progress, with the gop doesnt, because they depend on illegal immigrants to work for slave wages. plus even blue states depend on immigration working in the fields, construction, landscaping
You have to remember our class structure, and the perceived hierarchy’s. Plenty of people who oppose trump are too content to protest. Plenty of people who support him are too. You’re speaking about the bottom rung. They are without resources and don’t need much to be content. Some hate and handouts are just fine for them: I don’t think the comfortable liberal and the hateful poor Republican are very different at this stage.I don’t think the comfortable liberal and the hateful. Poor Republican are very different at this stage. A lot of the poor people don’t have the money or resources to effectively revolt, people with resources risk those to revolt. One of them certainly has the means to understand what’s going on. The Republican message is different to each echelon of their supporters.