A bit of background on Engel and his podcast co-host Andrew Isker: 2/x

The current divide between the Right-in-Power and the Left is, instead, that of a fundamental philosophical difference between two very different understandings of political order. American Democrats, however, are still playing by the old rules.

Largely, up until now, American political discourse has agreed on the fundamentals of what it means to be a democracy. Where the Left and the Right have differed was on which public policies better facilitated the fulfillment of the aspirations of liberty, equality, and justice.

Until the mainstream Left catches up to the philosophical Right, it will be fighting the wrong enemy using the wrong tactics. (3/3)

Fascism, economically, is tied to an older iteration of capitalism - the assembly line and workers as parts. The Dark Enlightenment, or Neoreactionary (NRx) thought, sees people as bytes in the algorithm of capital. (2/3)

Until the mainstream Left catches up to the philosophical Right, it will be fighting the wrong enemy using the wrong tactics. (3/3)

Fascism, economically, is tied to an older form of capitalism - the assembly line, and workers as parts. The Dark Enlightenment, or Neoreactionary (NRx) thought, sees people as bytes in the algorithm of capital. (2/3)

From anyone else, I might suspect propaganda; from Mike Johnson, I can seriously see him being stupid enough to believe this.