Although it’s a nice artistic rendering, I think the focus was poorly chosen here. The resurgence of fascism is not originating with poor or “hillbilly”-stereotyped folks (even if it’s certainly true they’re targeted for recruitment by the folks who are directly promoting those beliefs). Since fascism directly benefits the kind of people you’d see attending MAGA billionaire events more than it benefits the misguided grandkids of WWII soldiers, I have trouble seeing a point in focusing on the bottom of their power hierarchy. Among the most dangerous folks embracing fascism are tech billionaires (not just from the US, but globally) who buy into the whole Dark Enlightenment brand of right wing accelerationism, for example, but obviously they’re not the only ones.
The only meaningful, constructive reasons I can think of to turn attention towards less powerful people in the pro-authoritarian hierarchy is to either directly stand in the way of any harms they’re committing or-- ideally-- for someone they think of as close to them to try to reach them-- to help them see reason.
Although it’s a nice artistic rendering, I think the focus was poorly chosen here. The resurgence of fascism is not originating with poor or “hillbilly”-stereotyped folks (even if it’s certainly true they’re targeted for recruitment by the folks who are directly promoting those beliefs). Since fascism directly benefits the kind of people you’d see attending MAGA billionaire events more than it benefits the misguided grandkids of WWII soldiers, I have trouble seeing a point in focusing on the bottom of their power hierarchy. Among the most dangerous folks embracing fascism are tech billionaires (not just from the US, but globally) who buy into the whole Dark Enlightenment brand of right wing accelerationism, for example, but obviously they’re not the only ones.
The only meaningful, constructive reasons I can think of to turn attention towards less powerful people in the pro-authoritarian hierarchy is to either directly stand in the way of any harms they’re committing or-- ideally-- for someone they think of as close to them to try to reach them-- to help them see reason.