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Carl Schmitt was a German legal philosopher and political theorist, a critic of democracy and liberalism, and a rabid antisemite who served as the chief legal adviser to the Nazis and the Third Reich.
Schmitt's theories about a state of exception, violence, totalitarianism, and nationalism were highly appealing for the Nazis.
Trump's greatest appeal is how he gives his followers and others in the MAGA movement's orbit permission to be their worst true horrible selves.
Donald Trump continues to valorize the Jan. 6 terrorists as "heroes" and "political prisoners" Julian Zelizer: The American right wing is trying to create a Hobbesian state of nature where violence and fear of death is everywhere and the rule of law is meaningless.
The Republican Party's and "conservative" movement's policies are deeply unpopular with the American people, Zelizer says.
Rittenhouse and Tucker Carlson petitioned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to pardon Daniel Perry, another right-wing media darling who was found guilty of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester in July 2020.
With a campaign of support behind him, Penny has joined the ranks of George Zimmerman, Travis and Gregory McMichael, Andrew Lester, Byron Smith, and various vigilante patrols.
The above is reflective of how American society has a deep and pathological appetite for violence both at home and abroad.
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