It is truly remarkable how many people on here viscerally reject the idea that our staggeringly unequal economy is in any way contributing to the rise of far-right extremism.

Luckily, you don& #39;t have to take my word for it (thread)
Here& #39;s a 2009 DHS report with a clear warning that "prolonged economic downturn...could create a fertile recruiting environment for rightwing extremists and even result in confrontations between such groups and government authorities..." https://fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf">https://fas.org/irp/eprin...
Here& #39;s a 2008 report from the European Commission warning that "unfair competition for scarce resources or an absence of prospects for a good future" are paths to "militancy and terrorism." https://www.clingendael.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/20080500_cscp_report_vries.pdf">https://www.clingendael.org/sites/def...
Here& #39;s a 2016 study that found that "far-right terrorism mobilizes more under periods of long-term economic deprivation..." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10940-019-09422-z">https://link.springer.com/article/1...
Over the summer, the FBI warned that the COVID response from state and local governments could reenergize militia groups. https://sports.yahoo.com/exclusive-fbi-warned-over-summer-that-pandemic-was-helping-to-reenergize-militia-movement-192520053.html">https://sports.yahoo.com/exclusive...
Here& #39;s a report from June from an NPR affiliate about how the economic uncertainty of the COVID crisis is "pushing some Americans" toward militia groups.
https://wamu.org/story/20/06/11/armed-militias-see-the-pandemic-as-a-recruiting-opportunity-2/">https://wamu.org/story/20/...
"Generally, tough economic times tend to exacerbate a lot of the negative trends that we associate populism and democratic backsliding" --Sheri Berman, professor of political science at Barnard College with expertise in democracy, populism, and fascism https://www.businessinsider.com/global-recession-could-boost-far-right-populism-in-us-worldwide-2019-8">https://www.businessinsider.com/global-re...
Here& #39;s a history lesson from the American Holocaust Memorial Museum about the role the Great Depression played in the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hitler-comes-to-power">https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/e...
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