The left didn't help so they went for the right

Most of them didn't even care if bolsanaro said horrible stuff

He said he will be hard on corruption

not so much that the left didn't help, more that the fascists appeal more directly to their simplistic ideas about the world

People want a strong leader in times of chaos

exactly, in a society with less chaos, fascism would be less likely

True

thus I think it's possible to have a society in which fascists are very rare, so much as to be not a problem

If one extreme rises another extreme will rise to counter it

That's why we have occasia Cortez in the limelight and the SJW's

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do you think cortez is somehow extreme?

define "SJW"?

She is for open borders?

The always offended group

so, like... a pretty small group not at all comparable in size or power to modern fascists e.g. white nationalists in US and brasil

Small but a very vocal minority

anyways, can you give me a source on cortez' border policy?

Smooth, how many Americans do you think are fascists?

can't find a page on exactly what she thinks

@Bookworm define "fascists"

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-18/ocasio-cortez-issues-open-border-battle-cry-we-have-occupy-all-it

She hasn't outright spoken about this

Huh? You're using the word, what are you using it to mean?

But there are people who want it and it's growing

@Bookworm when I use fascist I generally mean by it "militant ethno-nationalist"

just want to know if we're on the same page

Are there any other definitions of the word?

@methdragon all I can see is her asking for no ICE, not necessarily open borders as such? I could be missing something

Okay. How many of those do you think are in America?

I see that too but I have read somewhere that people close to her says it's in her manifesto

@Bookworm based on the data I've seen about how US people see their country, their race, and their position on the world stage, a pretty big amount

I wouldn't speculate a specific number, but... like... a bunch?

She says she is for humane responsible immigration

So, a rough number, percentage?

If she is being humane she will have to let in millions

@methdragon "humane responsible immigration" sounds like a euphemism for "lots of immigration, but definitely not totally open borders"

Exactly

@Bookworm something around 30% I might say

Lol that's what I was going to type

possibly the largest cohesive block of political thought in the US