"The big problem for the radical right is that, in a diverse, pluralistic modern society, patriarchy, white supremacy, plutocracy, and theocracy are all radically inconsistent with anything even vaguely resembling liberal democracy. We can see clearly now that the solution to this otherwise insuperable dilemma is to get rid of liberal democracy. [snip]
"What follows from this? Because, to the extent that this view is sincerely held, it practically requires those who hold it to launch a civil war against the evildoers, that if successful will result in either a final solution to the leftist question, or the formal breakup of the nation.
"There is, in short, no living with these people. A liberal
democracy can’t survive when one of its two major parties is a radical
reactionary authoritarian ethno-nationalist party, that rejects the very
idea of a pluralistic liberal democratic society as a matter of first principles. Either that party or that liberal democracy must be destroyed, and will be." -- Paul Campos, on the dynamic playing out on the radical right following the decisive loss by Mango Mussolini. When a collection of autocratic, anti- democratic sociopaths masquerading as a political party thinks it unlikely they'll ever win a national election again, it's easier to understand what's motivating their insane gambits, violent rhetoric and escalating intimidation tactics unfolding every day.
