Fascist candidates are appealing to ever-greater numbers, not fewer
Not in proportion to the total population. While there’s a worrying trend of voting age and younger Gen Z men being sucked in by the manosphere bullshit, their core Red or Dead constituency is still so old and (due to their disdain for public health) sickly that they’re dying faster than they can be replaced by new converts.
This part is true , but i suspect not for the reason being implied.
Which reason do you suspect, then? Leprechauns?
Regardless of whether there’s a causal link, I’ll never consider a party that systematically disenfranchises people as legitimate winners of elections, least of all ones they’ve specifically tampered with themselves and “win” by a lower number of votes than they’ve eliminated from the rolls for no valid reasons.
No, that’s what I mean - sounds like you’re referring to the total republican base as fascist (under normal circumstances I’d be fine with this generality), but my point is that fascist sentiment within that cluster has exploded in popularity.
True, gerrymandering is disenfranchising millions of democratic voters, along with closing polling locations - but the disenfranchising I’m more concerned with is the voting block being pushed into nihilism by a lack of action by the opposition. That makes the fascist party far more attractive to even typically moderate voters who might not agree with the more violent aspects of fascism but agree that stronger action is necessary.
Fascist candidates are appealing to ever-greater numbers, not fewer
This part is true , but i suspect not for the reason being implied.
Not in proportion to the total population. While there’s a worrying trend of voting age and younger Gen Z men being sucked in by the manosphere bullshit, their core Red or Dead constituency is still so old and (due to their disdain for public health) sickly that they’re dying faster than they can be replaced by new converts.
Which reason do you suspect, then? Leprechauns?
Regardless of whether there’s a causal link, I’ll never consider a party that systematically disenfranchises people as legitimate winners of elections, least of all ones they’ve specifically tampered with themselves and “win” by a lower number of votes than they’ve eliminated from the rolls for no valid reasons.
No, that’s what I mean - sounds like you’re referring to the total republican base as fascist (under normal circumstances I’d be fine with this generality), but my point is that fascist sentiment within that cluster has exploded in popularity.
True, gerrymandering is disenfranchising millions of democratic voters, along with closing polling locations - but the disenfranchising I’m more concerned with is the voting block being pushed into nihilism by a lack of action by the opposition. That makes the fascist party far more attractive to even typically moderate voters who might not agree with the more violent aspects of fascism but agree that stronger action is necessary.