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I wasn't suggesting that the ideologies are identical, just that they share those elements

The way you worded your comment obviously made that implication - between Republicans and the Khmer Rouge, when in fact the Khmer Rouge was a leftist, communist, Marxist government, whose leaders were steeped in academic Marxist "intellectualism" (they studied in Paris, no less).

Deciphering whether you intended it or not is not my motive, so I'll leave that to the readers.

And no, the hatred does not go both ways,but you might think so

I disagree, but I have no horse in this race - my personal politics are boring centrist liberalism.

so because another big part of modern Republican ideology is victimization

Is it opposite day or something?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_politics



All that I'm saying is that Khmer Rouge hated cities and Republicans hate cities. The reason it is dangerous is because it creates a hated "other" (urban elites) that can ultimately lead to atrocities.

On victimization and resentment, it's basically the whole appeal of Trump. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/07/21/...

The whole point of the anti-urban elites propaganda is to make people feel like they're victims of the hated others.




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