Interesting post from The Atlantic. It describes two factions in Conservatism - Ideological Conservatives and ‘Civilizational’ Conservatives. The former are basically the Neocons. The latter are the Theocrats, Islamophobes, and White Nationalists.

It explains a lot of things, including why Trump, who seemed so improbable, won over the GOP. Also explains why so much of the GOP base not only doesn’t worry about Russian interference in the election, or Trump’s remarkably pro-Russia stances, but actually applauds both.

The other day, someone on Twitter remarked that the rise of the Tea Party had led to the election of the least ideological Republican candidate. They seemed to find this surprising, but as I posted then, the Tea Party was never about ideology. It was about white revanchism.

I suppose you could say the Fascists are more inclusive, 71 years after their initial defeat. Back then, it was all about Die Deutsche Volk, and Slavs were considered to be inferior. Now? All you gotta be is white.