No, the fascists scapegoat minorities and direct that rage towards them. Rage can be sated vicariously and ICE, the police, and the military provide that when they are vicious to out groups. It functions like bottling it up in the long run though because that violence doesn’t resolve any of the actual sources of that rage. Relief doesn’t require an outlet for the rage but a resolution for its source.
An important part of it is that they don’t simply redirect the anger. They actively and intentionally create problems that lead to more anger, then redirect it.
How do you get everyone pissed off at illegal immigrants? You first create a system that makes legal immigration impossible for most while also propping up an economy that rewards the use of underpaid migrant laborers with no rights. Now that you’ve created a problem that involves migrants, you blame the migrants for all problems to drum up support for your movement.
And the beauty of it is, people don’t have to be on your side. Once the debate over immigration gets fired enough, you’ve won. All the fighting over immigration is misdirection from your actual goals.
No, the fascists scapegoat minorities and direct that rage towards them. Rage can be sated vicariously and ICE, the police, and the military provide that when they are vicious to out groups. It functions like bottling it up in the long run though because that violence doesn’t resolve any of the actual sources of that rage. Relief doesn’t require an outlet for the rage but a resolution for its source.
An important part of it is that they don’t simply redirect the anger. They actively and intentionally create problems that lead to more anger, then redirect it.
How do you get everyone pissed off at illegal immigrants? You first create a system that makes legal immigration impossible for most while also propping up an economy that rewards the use of underpaid migrant laborers with no rights. Now that you’ve created a problem that involves migrants, you blame the migrants for all problems to drum up support for your movement.
And the beauty of it is, people don’t have to be on your side. Once the debate over immigration gets fired enough, you’ve won. All the fighting over immigration is misdirection from your actual goals.