A 1955 book on right-wing extremists predicted the Jan. 6 attack

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The intellectuals held that the radical right not only loathed communism but also liberal democracy and the basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution. As Bell noted wryly, its partisans stood ready “to jettison constitutional processes and to suspend liberties, to condone Communist methods in the fighting of Communism.”

They blasted free elections and the peaceful transfer of power, lamented the independence of the judiciary and opposed civil rights.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/06/11/radical-right-extremism-bell-hofstadter/
 
"Hofstadter called these activists “pseudo-conservatives” (a term borrowed from philosopher Theodor W. Adorno). They posed as conservatives but in truth were authoritarians with a nihilistic urge to watch the world burn. “Followers of a movement like the John Birch Society,” Hofstadter wrote in one of the book’s essays, “are in our world but not exactly of it.” They lived amid what their successors would come to call “alternative facts.”
 
BidenPresident said:
The intellectuals held that the radical right not only loathed communism but also liberal democracy and the basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution. As Bell noted wryly, its partisans stood ready “to jettison constitutional processes and to suspend liberties, to condone Communist methods in the fighting of Communism.”

They blasted free elections and the peaceful transfer of power, lamented the independence of the judiciary and opposed civil rights.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/06/11/radical-right-extremism-bell-hofstadter/
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Excellent article!!!

Excellent find!!! :thup:
 
BidenPresident said:
The intellectuals held that the radical right not only loathed communism but also liberal democracy and the basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution. As Bell noted wryly, its partisans stood ready “to jettison constitutional processes and to suspend liberties, to condone Communist methods in the fighting of Communism.”

They blasted free elections and the peaceful transfer of power, lamented the independence of the judiciary and opposed civil rights.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/06/11/radical-right-extremism-bell-hofstadter/
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Why not claim Nostradamus predicted it, or maybe a few psychics. Maybe they could give us winning lottery numbers while they're at it...
 
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