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No idea. But it's interesting to compare and contrast with Islamic extremism.
Also it isn't having flawed beliefs that is inherently dangerous - look at people here who used to believe (and propagate) the myth that fillet brazed frames were less stiff than lugged, or people who still buy Ti stems.
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Yeah I agree there are parallels
Have you seen the Adam Curtis Documentary “the power of nightmares”
It draws that direct comparison even drilling down on the architects of Neo-Conservatism and Islamic Extremism to the same event at the same college. (If I remember rightly)But yeah both sides are fuelled by misinformation and hold patriarchal fascist beliefs
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I am concerned that the assault on the Capitol is only the start of a series of ever escalating confrontations between the swivel-eyed right wing and the rest of the world.
The Tea Party morphed to the Birthers to MAGA to Q. Momentum is building and the response needs to be met directly. You can’t extend an olive branch to an ideology that isn’t grounded in reality. You can’t compromise with fascism. These populist movements bring nothing to the table that could benefit society, so they have to be stopped...but how?
When their belief is based on fantasy, debunking the myths just entrenches their position. How do we offer an attractive alternative that they can get behind without turning the planet into the hand maids tale/mad max?