I think there's a culmination of forces brewing under the campus protests. A big one just started by my old college UT Austin, 20 mins down the road. Especially here in Texas, where the campus is blue but the state is red. Inflation, recent removal of DEI staff, Palestine. Housing/rent crunch is literally the worst here in Austin and college students have limited current work prospects (during college is usually service jobs, after it's unclear). The language from our state reps has been very inflammatory. Protestors have less to lose. And yes Gaza; organization has been happening for months, primarily peaceful but loud. I'd say the recent bill approval for more Israel/Ukraine (war) aid made the people realize they haven't been heard.
I get your general point, but if you think the far left is where authoritarianism is creeping then you really do have a serious filter bubble. Look at what is actually happening, rather than what you feel.
Most people are centrist, but the idea that Republicans are more reasonable than progressives is a trope. Just watch interviews with people attending Trump rallies.
I think there's a culmination of forces brewing under the campus protests. A big one just started by my old college UT Austin, 20 mins down the road. Especially here in Texas, where the campus is blue but the state is red. Inflation, recent removal of DEI staff, Palestine. Housing/rent crunch is literally the worst here in Austin and college students have limited current work prospects (during college is usually service jobs, after it's unclear). The language from our state reps has been very inflammatory. Protestors have less to lose. And yes Gaza; organization has been happening for months, primarily peaceful but loud. I'd say the recent bill approval for more Israel/Ukraine (war) aid made the people realize they haven't been heard.
Make it so.
I get your general point, but if you think the far left is where authoritarianism is creeping then you really do have a serious filter bubble. Look at what is actually happening, rather than what you feel.
Most people are centrist, but the idea that Republicans are more reasonable than progressives is a trope. Just watch interviews with people attending Trump rallies.