🧵 Reactionaries need conservatives to support them to gain power. And they do this principally by lying that the left "are the real extremists."

Below is a chart you might see often. It's worth considering. Besides the study's problematic questions, it's not measuring politicians. It should be.

@mattsheffield Peter Dinklage's 'How to Become a Tyrant' mentions finding a scapegoat. MAGA tends towards Antifa and woke labelling.