• EhList@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There wasn’t an “alt-right” during theGWB era in the USA as what did exist was the nazi fringe. Bannon via Trump made that fringe become mainstream

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      There wasn’t an alt-right because it was just “the right”. The alt-right now was quite literally just the Conservative party back then in 2001

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        1 year ago

        They have very different political takes on international trade and immigration. The neocons and the altright are not the same. Neither are good but they hold different views.

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      What’s out there now is the same shit that was out there during the build up of the war. You might just be to young to remember it. There were tons of people driving around basically waving the “blow up brown people” flags and immigrants are taking our jobs types. It’s just more in your face now with the internet being more a daily thing.

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        Im 49. The alt right was a lot smaller because their philosophy of isolation was at odds with the globalist perspectives of the neocons in charge. There were racists but they were not as invested in reactionary politics.