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I've not watched that particular video but weird conspiracy theories about postmodernism, Marxism and Jews have been a strong component of the right in the USA for decades.

What really is the difference between between ex-Googler James Damore and the young man holding the sign saying "Communist Jews behind Race Mixing" in the civil rights era. Both seem like respectable members of their communities. Yet both think that social progress is actually a plot by evil-doers to destroy society because that is what their elders have taught them.

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https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTcWkHj...

(Links via Google as some of the images are hosted on rs isn't sirescele rating "the good old days")



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