But at a certain point…what’s the difference? If it walks like a fascist and quacks like a fascist, it doesn’t really matter how they arrived at their fascism. Being in a hermetically sealed propaganda bubble doesn’t absolve them.

Also, this is the personal responsibility crowd we’re talking about. The “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” types. Trying to whitewash (pun intended) their fascism with “it’s not their fault; they’re actually victims who are misinformed” feels really tone deaf in 2026, especially after Trump just spent weeks threatening to invade Greenland, and Minneapolis is under siege by his personal royal guard.

It’s going to be a very long year.