{"id":145194,"date":"2025-01-23T12:45:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=145194"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:45:53","slug":"the-rise-of-the-ultra-right-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=145194","title":{"rendered":"The rise of the ultra-right in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jrhREluLdBs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How has the ultra-right made it to the heart of American politics? By gradually occupying positions of power in politics, the judiciary and the media and steadily expanding its sphere of influence. Adherents have been bolstered by Trump\u2019s 2024 election victory. The tightening of abortion laws, the 2021 storming of the Capitol, a flare-up in racist violence: The US far-right has never been more powerful and visible than it is today &#8211; and that\u2019s not just due to Donald Trump. The ultra-right has managed to gain a foothold at the very heart of US politics. As part of a strategy to win the 2024 election, it was ready to create a social divide similar to that of the secessionist wars, plunge the country into chaos and cause democracy to totter. The triumph of the radical right is the outcome of a well-thought-out strategy set in motion more than 40 years ago by a conservative minority thirsty for power. And this group has pushed through its agenda under the nose of the world. Today, we can see how successful its strategy was: The ultra-right has gained control of the key centers of power, a process accelerated on all levels by Donald Trump. With his help, the ultra-right now has control of the Supreme Court. Its advance continues unabated, with Trump\u2019s election victory marking an interim high point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How has the ultra-right made it to the heart of American politics? By gradually occupying positions of power in politics, the judiciary and the media and steadily expanding its sphere of influence. Adherents have been bolstered by Trump\u2019s 2024 election victory. The tightening of abortion laws, the 2021 storming of the Capitol, a flare-up in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193],"tags":[1449],"class_list":["post-145194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-documentary"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-rise-of-the-ultra-right-in-t.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10329,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=10329","url_meta":{"origin":145194,"position":0},"title":"What Ever Happened To Ultra-Man?","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"22\/06\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"What Ever Happened To Ultra-Man? from John Walsh on Vimeo. 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