@Alon i mean, yeah. that’s the trade. the mass politics is fascism, the price is elite support by acquiescence to plutocracy. a VAT cut is not pro plutocrat, no one cares. fascism needs elite right wing coalition partners to rise to power. acceding to right wing economic policy (yeah, the fascists themselves could give a fuck) is how you get that.

@Alon (US Republicans are overwhelmingly white, but at the margin have been gaining minority votes. i think it’s a mistake to imagine that the pivot from emphasizing racial minorities to demonizing sexual minorities in fascist panic-mongering is unrelated to that trend.)