Lots more good stuff with citations in the article, but this bit really ties it all together:
The right-wing obsession over racial demographics becomes obvious in the “pro-natalism” movement, which advocates for conservatives to have more children to take control of society. The mission of the movement is “to build an army of like-minded people, starting with their own children, who will reject a whole host of changes wrought by liberal democracy,” according to a fascinating recent story in Politico.
For the right wing, pro-natalism means looking for every possible means to increase the white percentage of the nation’s population. Through this lens, it’s not hard to see why Republicans remain virulently anti-immigration and strictly opposed to abortion.
Those two issues may appear unrelated, but in fact Republican positions on both stem at least in part from white demographic fears. Republicans want to halt the rise in the nonwhite population by curbing immigration. At the same time, they hope their abortion bans will boost domestic birth rates — staving off white demographic decline. They also want to ban contraceptives and no-fault divorce, forcing women to stay in marriages and have more children.
The Republican Party’s white nationalism is often justified in religious terms, since much of this agenda designed to enhance white power stems from the party’s Christian fundamentalist base. Along with Protestant evangelicals, the Republican religious base now includes fundamentalist Catholics, who stridently oppose abortion.
Racism is the only reason why the entire Republican party is so popular
LBJ nailed how the Republican party gets poor people to vote against their financial interests. It’s all hatred of the other (black people, women, gays…etc)
If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
I think the left and the right could benefit from a little heart-to-heart chat. Each side seems to have built up a mental caricature of the other.
Ok.
The Left: We want to protect those people, and not unfund those things, a-
The Right: See, you won’t work together to help us create a white nationalist state! You’re not arguing in good faith!
The Left: Sigh Ok then, we wa-
The Right: They’re so nasty, aren’t they, the Left? So nasty! When we have their people attacked, they fight back! So violent and nasty!
The Left: We t-
The Right: Yes, focus the cameras on me, not my opponent, especially not when they’re speaking! I will create a perfect utopia of perfection like none other!
The Left: W-
The Right: And we’ll stop the illegal immoral war on Oil and Gas, while we abandon Ukraine to Russia and Palestine to Israel!
The Left: Frowning, leave to prepare the guillotines
Interesting thought. Do you have suggestions on how to counter nationalists seizing the label “pro-natalist”?
The Republican Party’s white nationalism is often justified in religious terms, since much of this agenda designed to enhance white power stems from the party’s Christian fundamentalist base.
Wait til they learn that Jesus wasn’t white
And nothing says “love thy neighbor” like racial supremacism.
Their white supremacist, conservative, hateful, supply-side Jesus is weird. I’m an atheist but I much prefer the hippie, anti-materialist, socialist, anti-establishment Jesus I was grew up hearing about.
Heh. 😀
They think an election was stolen and that climate change and covid are hoaxes, so I’m doubtful they are capable of believing that no matter what evidence was provided.
When someone believes those things, it’s probably not even the work of their conscious mind to just dismiss it out of hand when someone tells them Jesus wasn’t white.
Trump’s helicopter story is a different black dude:
“Willie is the short Black guy living in San Francisco,” Holden said. “I’m a tall Black guy living in Los Angeles.
“I guess we all look alike,” Holden told POLITICO, letting out a loud laugh.
Trump’s absolutely losing it, and we’re seeing his flailing and failing brain on display more everyday.
My theory on why he thinks Kamala “was Indian” and “turned Black one day” is that he’s fully confused Nikki Haley and Kamala Harris in his brain, and has conflated the two into one person.
And that’s even scarier because we’ll get rabid pro-life Vance who’s going to wage a literal war on women and childless.
So, what color is Trump? White or orange? He needs to make up his mind. I’m confused.
