DuhWombat :verified_coffee:Jun 11, 2023
William Lindsey 

"For much of the nation’s history, an ethno-religious nationalism was dominant, conceptualizing America as a nation of white Christian patriarchal norms – a land where property-owning white Christian men had a right to be at the top and shape society and culture in their image. ...

The central fault line on the Right is not simply between democracy and authoritarianism."

~ Thomas Zimmer

#WhiteChristianNationalism #democracy
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https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-we-are-fighting-over

What We Are Fighting Over

How much democracy – and for whom? That is the question defining the current political conflict across the “West.”

Democracy Americana
Jun 11, 2023 at 2:03pmWeb
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Jun 11, 2023

"The key conflict is between those who want to uphold white Christian elite rule from within the confines of a narrowly restricted version of democracy – and those who want to pursue that goal by openly embracing authoritarianism and militant extremism."

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