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"I believe that much of the commentary [about Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and Kevin Roberts of Heritage Foundation] misjudges the true nature of Heritage, portraying it as a genuine think tank that picked the wrong leader or was corrupted by MAGA.

Because the truth is that Heritage has always been a fraud."

~ Paul Krugman

#HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-heritage

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 8 hours ago

"It has always been a propaganda mill cosplaying as a research institution – a scam that worked for a long time. Heritage’s problem now is that its original scam was designed for a different era — a Reaganesque era in which plutocrats could discreetly leverage bigotry and intolerance to elect Republicans," (continued in /3)

#HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 8 hours ago

(continued from /2)

"who then delivered deregulation and tax cuts. Heritage was an integral cog within this scheme, giving superficial respectability to policies that were in fact deeply regressive and discriminatory, and overwhelmingly to the benefit of the moneyed class. …

It’s important to get the story of Heritage correct, because it is also the story of the modern right as a whole."

#HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 8 hours ago

"Heritage was never a respectable institution doing honest research. It was always in the business of telling lies on behalf of its wealthy supporters. But now it’s trying to turn itself into a MAGA/Groyper institution, less focused on telling economic lies and more focused on bigotry and conspiracy theories."

#HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 8 hours ago

"And if this shocks and surprises you, well, you just weren’t paying attention.

Its descent into conspiracy-mongering and blatant bigotry was utterly predictable."

#HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 8 hours ago

"Fuentes’ politics are not a betrayal of the Heritage Foundation’s principles, they are their culmination. Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot: the next stage in the life cycle of hateful politics motivating Roberts and the wider conservative movement."

~ Victor Ray

#HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #TuckerCarlson #NickFuentes #groypers #antisemitism #Nazis #EconomicElites
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https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage-foundation-groypers-and-the-narcissism-of-small-differences/

Liberal Currents

The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences

Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.

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