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How it came to this does not require deep analysis. Unchecked conservatism naturally leads to fascism. This has been the case throughout history.
The conservatism in the Democrat party is slightly checked by the progressives, but the Republicans have done nothing at all to check the conservatism in their party. So, now they are a fascist party. Simple.
Conservatism is a plague of oppression and death. It always has been
A useful analysis would go deeper.
Ok so why haven't they? And why does so much of the population support the fascists that the Republicans have become?
I would argue because it's useful to have the circus and distraction, they have things they don't want to see the light of day, and/or they believe they and their buddies are above the law.
Because they're fed a diet of propaganda over decades that they believe whole heartedly and refuse to hear otherwise no matter what the evidence is. "Republicans aren't the fascists! Antifa is!"
Yes. The governments of the Soviet Union and the majority of the population were famously socially conservative.
Your disingenuous question reminds me that every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Every word.
Every word.
Haha.