Why are Republicans/Conservatives embracing fanaticalism these days?

joel1974@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 98 points –

America has always rejected fanaticism, especially since WWII. We are supposed to be E pluribus unum -- out of many, ONE. Now, the right wants America to be E unum pluribus -- out of ONE, many.

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incredibly detailed rundown

Of course, there's a lot I'm leaving out...

Was this off the dome, or did you have this whole thing in your pocket?

Lol my comment actually is “off the dome.”

I took the deep dive into this question after Trump won in 2016; like many, I was absolutely floored that he won. My comment is an accumulation of information I found since then.

I feel the conservative news media was ultimately the biggest factor (of many factors) that led US conservatives and the United States into its current situation; as journalists, they failed to present the unbiased truth and knowingly distorted it. By constantly confirming their viewers’ priors, they basically constructed a different reality for them.