SyndicalistCPA t1_it2s5vq wrote on October 20, 2022 at 2:56 PM

Reply to comment by Livid-Yoghurt9483 in Are Republican dog whistles sounding in NJ? GOP candidates using rhetoric some see as divisive, but effective in getting votes by rollotomasi07071

Putin-like country? That is just an authoritarian country. America will not become like Russia. It will be a uniquely American Evangelist fascism. There is no such thing as "Putinism".

Livid-Yoghurt9483 t1_it2t7zk wrote on October 20, 2022 at 3:03 PM

And what do you make of Putin using the Russian Orthodox Church to spread his lies of propaganda to hurt those who are LGBTQ or are against the war in Ukraine? It doesn’t matter the religion. Autocrats use religion to their advantage.

You’re not wrong on the US becoming an evangelical authoritarian country, because it’s here. However, I am the believer that the GOP observes and borrows tactics on how Putin does it.

SyndicalistCPA t1_it2uzq7 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 3:14 PM

I think they'd rather take a page out of the Iran playbook.

Livid-Yoghurt9483 t1_it2v5m0 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 3:15 PM

You’re not that far off.