Post #1884422 · Elektrine

2026-04-29 13:20 UTC

When the Rightwing Revolution Devours Its Intellectual Enablers For Die Zeit, I wrote about Chris Rufo – and the long tradition of conservative intellectuals who fancy themselves the vanguard of the Right while actually serving as facilitators of extremism. Gift link - and some thoughts in English: https://www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2026-04/usa-konservative-extremismus-maga-christopher-rufo?freebie=ba3a4dac

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@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social 2026-04-29 13:24

A few weeks ago, Christopher Rufo, of all people, publicly vented his frustration with the increasingly deranged state of today’s Right, bemoaning that its “collective brain is getting melted in a vat of slop, conspiracy, and algorithm-chasing.” He’s right! But also: He bears responsibility.

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@muddle@infosec.exchange 2026-04-29 15:09

@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social I was thinking about the essay "Who Goes Nazi?" when reading this. I was reminded of Mr. G. A short excerpt from that paragraph: Mr. G is a *very* intellectual young man who was an infant prodigy. So we may be sure that Mr. G would be a Nazi, with purse-lipped qualifications. He would certainly be purged. https://web.archive.org/web/20260217101629/https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

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