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frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours agoYes, no, it’s complicated.
Fascisim needs to blame some kind of out-group. Historically, that was Jewish people, but there’s no reason it has to be. The American right has spent a lot more time blaming Mexicans and LGBTQ+ people for everything. Antisemetisim does exist, but it’s somewhat vestigial. It manifests in some weird ways like “we support Israel because getting Jewish people back there will start the war of Armageddon”.
Also, many of them think Jewish women are hot, so take that extra bit of cringe.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
Good points. It wasn’t that the Nazis hated the Jews so much, but they were a convenient group to attack, knowing the ignorant antisemitic population would go along with it, at least long enough for it to be too late to stop it.
So our modern MAGA Nazis need their scapegoats, and undocumented immigrants is an easy one to dehumanize. But just like the Nazis, there are plenty of alternatives, too.
And by the way, the MAGAs still hate Jews, they just want to get control of Gaza so they can build the Jewish Dubai, and not have to give their money to Muslims when they luxuriate.
This is just an example of a common phenomenon - raging homophobes who are secretly gay, avowed racists who are attracted to black people, etc. it would be hilarious if it weren’t so twisted and perverse.