Andrew Jaye
Jan 9, 2024

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Ok, maybe they weren't white nationalists but they came because they thought Mike Pence should do the "right thing" --or else experience a rope neck tie-- and Hair Fuhrer told them it would be "wild". By the way, for a lot of these people J6 was a chance to throw punches, beat police, and blow off steam by shitting in congressional offices of the Marxists Dems. This is not normal middle class behavior. Fascism, as historians have pointed out, is a way for a low-status middle class to gain importance by being part of a larger group. It's something their jobs,family, and religious life does not give them.

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Andrew Jaye
Andrew Jaye

Written by Andrew Jaye

Former privacy and data security blogger. Part-time workplace sociologist. Opinions are for better or worse his own. More about me at metaphorly.com.

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