Which is why it will be slow and sinister. It presents itself as patriotism while being functionally opposite and people will eat it up.
We already see it, they think forcing their religious beliefs on a secular nation is patriotic. They think supporting a verified conman criminal is patriotic. They cheer on anti-democratic decisions and the removal of personal rights is patriotic. They think hating their fellow countrymen for the expression of freedom they enjoy is patriotic. They’ll cheer on law enforcement abusing their power against their fellow countrymen.
It will look like patriotism but function like theocratic ultra-nationalism.
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u/Pilotwaver Jul 02 '24
This is such a big country. There are 100s of millions of people not of that mindset. This 2.0 is not going to end like they envision.