• ganksy@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s both antisemitism and Zionism. It’s a grab bag of xenophobia and boogie men. Whatever mask you feel like wearing as long as you sell your vote.

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    4 months ago

    Just one of his (Putin’s) tools. Hardly the most powerful, it’s just the bottom tool in the bucket. Netanyahu does more to fuel antisemitism than Trump utilizes it.

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      4 months ago

      No, it’s far older and broader than them. It never did go away. It’s the bedrock of things like Qanon, still usually hiding behind various dogwhistles. It’s there though, and not just limited to niche websites anymore.

      It’s rooted in people’s wish for a convenient scapegoat for the complaints they have about life, ones that aren’t so complex as real world answers. The shadowy cabal that runs things. Just like Scientology doesn’t tell you right away that it’s all about aliens, the right wing crazies don’t tell you right away (usually) that the shadowy cabal is limited to one ethnic group.