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    Its so weird to me how they can be both Zionist bootlickers and nazis at once, it’s impressive

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      It makes more sense when you realise that it’s about oppression, power, and creating scapegoats. Hitler’s closest allies were the not-exactly-Aryan Japanese.

      And it’s not like they won’t all turn on each other eventually, anyway. So why not have some strange bedfellows along the way?

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      Supporting Zionism while being actively antisemitic is a handy way for Nazis to encourage jewish people to segregate themselves. Zionism presents a potentially attractive place to go, and then aggressive antisemitism gives them a reason to leave. The two are not so radically opposed.

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      The Christian nationalists are deeply religious, so they see Israel as a good thing. End times or crusades or something.

      The Nazis might hate Jewish people, but they hate brown people more.

      The racists definitely hate brown people more.

      They’re all in the maga alliance and are getting along for the moment just so they can be fascists.

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      This is starting to fracture a bit with right wing traitor lunatics, but it’s for two main reasons. For some, it’s just about access to Middle East energy resources. That’s the main reason that US policy is to support Israel.

      The other thing is for true believing traitor lunatics. They think that Israel needs to exist for the rapture to occur. I don’t remember the details but this is a big part of evangelical support.

      Either way, absolute lunacy, but at least if we managed to wean off fossil fuels, support for Israel would evaporate.