What the Right does and has done for centuries is redirect critiques of capitalism, entrenched power, and white patriarchal supremacy to their enemies and vulnerable populations by creating conspiracy theories playing on prejudices. That’s the whole ballgame and always has been.

I have to thank one political science prof from years ago that drew the classes' attention to these truths back when none of us young people wanted to hear it. However, the lessons have stuck. Once you see it, you can't unsee these patterns of abuse by the Right.