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January 6 Capitol riot as populist 'revolution'

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Trump supporters invading the Capitol claimed to be acting freely to protect their liberty, the paradigm case of abstract freedom deployed to destroy concrete freedom.

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“When a crowd of populist partisans of Donald Trump invaded the Capitol. They did a revolution.”
20:24 What is freedom today?2022-05-27 · 1:39:42
“'This is wonderful, people breaking into the seat of power... just we should have been doing this, the wrong people are doing this.'”
“many of my leftist friends said, but look, this was wonderful. thousands of ordinary people breaking into capital... i noticed in their reaction a little bit of envy and fascination”
25:04 UNHOLY ALLIANCES TODAY2023-03-17 · 2:07:14

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20:24 What is freedom today?2022-05-27 · 1:39:42
Trump supporters invading the Capitol claimed to be acting freely to protect their liberty, the paradigm case of abstract freedom deployed to destroy concrete freedom., illustrating abstract vs. concrete freedom,fascism-populism,freedom as ideology
Leftist friends told Žižek the Capitol storming was wonderful, people breaking into the seat of power, but then noted the wrong people were doing it, capturing the paradox of the new right acting like the old radical left., illustrating new right adopts left tactics,ideological civil war,fascism-populism
25:04 UNHOLY ALLIANCES TODAY2023-03-17 · 2:07:14
Leftist friends expressed envy at Trump supporters storming the Capitol ('we should be doing this'), yet it was a right-wing attack on democracy, showing that the populist right has stolen the left's symbolic gesture of popular uprising., illustrating right-wing appropriation of left tactics,fascism-populism