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The convenient myths of useful idiots as GOP opposition to Ukraine is about the racism [1]

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Date: 2023-03-01

The GOP is now embracing their inner tankie as Chauncey DeVega describes with precision how Instead of standing up with Democrats and presenting a unified front against Russian aggression, many of the Republican Party's loudest and most influential voices have made the decision to lean toward Putin and Russia.

Here in the United States, the Republican Party is trying to end multiracial pluralistic democracy. Today's Republican Party no longer believes in American Exceptionalism. As part of their revolutionary campaign to end multiracial democracy, they are looking to autocracies and neofascist regimes abroad in countries such as Poland, Hungary, and Vladimir Putin's Russia for inspiration and guidance on how to transform American society in their twisted vision. In one of the most striking and worrying examples, Gov. Ron DeSantis is in the process of using Florida as a laboratory for neofascism which will be a model for Republicans and their forces around the country.

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In total, the relationship between racial attitudes and foreign policy as seen with Ukraine highlights the need for a more sophisticated and nuanced understanding of the color line and the many ways that white racial animus impacts American society more broadly. A more critical and rigorous understanding of race and politics and society begins with a systemic approach to understanding racism and white supremacy as institutions and systems and not individual bad behavior or something in "the heart" or that infamous "bone in my body." Of course, this is the type of critical thinking and inquiry that the Republicans are trying to outlaw with their Orwellian attacks on the "critical race theory" bogeyman.

The "welfare queen" attack on President Zelenskyy represents a much larger dynamic: Racism and white racial resentment impact public opinion and political behavior across a range of policy issues. This includes political questions and public policy that on the surface would otherwise appear to be "race-neutral," including but not limited to foreign policy and international affairs

Ultimately, Republicans have been so successful in their war on multiracial pluralistic democracy because too many Americans, especially the so-called political experts in the Fourth Estate and commentariat and larger mainstream political class – have a very naïve, thin, and unsophisticated understanding of the real relationship between race, politics, and power. In their role as guardians of democracy, they must do better. But if the last seven years of the Age of Trump, ascendant neofascism, and naked White Rage are any indication, it is almost assured that they will choose not to.

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