‘The rich people don’t need it ... all those Democrat donors of Wall Street, all these hedge fund guys, who all hate the tariffs,’ Republican lawmaker tells Steve Bannon
The early conservative thinkers wrote about the French Revolutions and the rise of egalitarian thinking meant that something must take the place of monarchies to decide the social order. They preferred war as the measure of who should be the leaders, but that money and wealth could be a substitute. This led to Capitalist concepts infesting the right wing since monarchies are off the table.
Innuendo Studios has some great videos summarizing the alt right, conservatism, and Christian nationalism if you’re interested:
Regarding the mindset issue, it might be more baked into people than we’d like. Two great books on the topic are:
The Authoritarians by Altimeter
The Righteous Mind by Haidt
They also have videos summarizing the works in presentations and interviews. It seems that people end up having shadings of authoritarian drives, which means they’re happier living under someone’s commands and will work to preserve hierarchies despite the harm it causes others. Whether it is socialization or biological I don’t know.
To sum up: some people want to be ruled and they’re currently tearing the US down to let a king rule over the rubble.
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The early conservative thinkers wrote about the French Revolutions and the rise of egalitarian thinking meant that something must take the place of monarchies to decide the social order. They preferred war as the measure of who should be the leaders, but that money and wealth could be a substitute. This led to Capitalist concepts infesting the right wing since monarchies are off the table.
Innuendo Studios has some great videos summarizing the alt right, conservatism, and Christian nationalism if you’re interested:
https://youtu.be/E4CI2vk3ugk
Regarding the mindset issue, it might be more baked into people than we’d like. Two great books on the topic are:
The Authoritarians by Altimeter
The Righteous Mind by Haidt
They also have videos summarizing the works in presentations and interviews. It seems that people end up having shadings of authoritarian drives, which means they’re happier living under someone’s commands and will work to preserve hierarchies despite the harm it causes others. Whether it is socialization or biological I don’t know.
To sum up: some people want to be ruled and they’re currently tearing the US down to let a king rule over the rubble.
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