• WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    It’s simpler than that - the left has principles, while the right has unity and message discipline driven by deference to authority, a victim complex fear, hate, and thirst for power.

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      10 days ago

      You’re mistaken that the right is unified. The fight among each other quite a lot. They can only manage to unite under a charismatic strongman, but quickly fall into infighting when that falters.

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        10 days ago

        They’re not unified, they’re unified …now?

        The fact that they have conflicting ideologies (e.g. Nazis and Zionists as I said below) and continue to push in the same direction is pretty straightforward evidence of this.

        The unification pre-dates Trump - the rise of the tea party saw ideological rifts, but they all fell in line when the time came. Bush wasn’t a charismatic strongman… nor was McConnell for that matter.

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          10 days ago

          You only think they’re pushing in the same direction because you’re on the outside looking in. As the op points out, they think the same about leftists.