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The fall of the alt right is one of the left's greatest victories, what can we learn from it ? (politicalresearch.org)

submitted 8 hours ago by IloveyouMF@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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So the fall of the alt right is more important then it seems, it was the defeat of organized White identity politic that we have not seen before or sense. Yes the right wing has re surged under Trump with new found patronage from powerful people but organized Whiteness has been thoroughly defeated. The new wave of the right is very racially agnostic with many of its big names being POC. If you watch Jreg he coined this "multi racial fascism"

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[–] madlian@lemmy.cafe 15 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Since when did the alt-right go anywhere?

[–] ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I guess you could say the alt right is just mainstream republican politics now.

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 6 points 7 hours ago

so, the rise of the alt-right then?

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

They went to the top of the government.

[–] IloveyouMF@lemmy.world -2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Where is Richard Spencer now ?

The alt right is organized White identitarianism. That was their main policy innovation.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Are you stupid?

[–] IloveyouMF@lemmy.world -1 points 6 hours ago

How am I wrong ?

[–] IloveyouMF@lemmy.world -4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The alt rights main goal was more power or at least better unity and institutional positions for white people. how has the position of white people gotten better since 2017

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

Everyone in any position of influence in the federal government that isn't white is being labeled a DEI hire and fired. Words related to the discussion of any issue not purtaining to white people have been labeled 'woke' and banned by government censors. The civil rights division of the Department of Justice no longer prevents discrimination against minorities. Instead the civil rights lawyers are being deployed with the goal of destroying minority groups in any manner possible.

[–] JGrffn@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

At some point I'm going to start believing that we're clashing with another dimension where this shit actually happened because what the fuck are you on about. In what version of earth was the alt right movement defeated??? Lmaoo

[–] IloveyouMF@lemmy.world -5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The alt rights main goal was more power or at least better unity and institutional positions for white people. how has the position of white people gotten better since 2017

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It is now forbidden to mention anyone except white people in any federal documents. In half the states in the country, teaching the history of the black rights movement has been outlawed. Hiring anyone except white people is now labeled DEI and has been banned at multiple government levels.

[–] IloveyouMF@lemmy.world -2 points 6 hours ago

My Black girlfriend got a great job 3 days ago so clearly you can hire POC