The Death of Far Right Politics & The Republican Party

Part 1

When you smell something rotten, your instinct is to search for the source. That putrid odor wafting through American politics today has a familiar stench—one that reeks of a dark historical precedent. The parallels between today's MAGA movement and the nationalist fervor that gripped Germany in the 1930s aren't just academic observations; they're a goddamn five-alarm fire that should be setting off every historical warning bell we possess.

"Fascist politics includes many distinct strategies: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intellectualism, unreality, hierarchy, victimhood, law and order, sexual anxiety, appeals to the heartland, and a dismantling of public welfare and unity."

As someone who's spent years watching this slow-motion trainwreck unfold, I can tell you that what we're seeing isn't some benign nationalist pride—it's the same toxic sludge t…