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Noted Nazi Richard Spencer was Stephen Miller's mentor while they were both at Duke [1]. Miller repeatedly pushed Breitbart News editors to promote content fro

• palmotea 11mo ago
  > At this point, asking whether Miller is a card-carrying Nazi, or just pals around with them and espouses their beliefs, is a distinction without a difference. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... I think you're conflating white supremacy with Naziism. They're not the same thing. All Nazis are white supremacists, but not all white supremacists are Nazis.
  • defrost 11mo ago
    The defining feature of pre WWII era German National Socialists (literal Nazi's by definition) was ultranationalism originated in pan-Germanism coupled with an ethno-nationalist faction. (Also, politically, a strong anti Marxist streak expressed via redefining socialism). The specific focus on antisemitism in that first iteration was something that worked, something that struck a chord, and something that grew with wider support from Germans at large. In any reuse of Nazi, as in central north american post Cold War Nazi 2.0's it's the ultra nationalism and "USA culture nationalism" that again comes as a core feature. There are strongly anti jewish factions, sure, but the strong binding "fear and hatred of outsiders" is well satisfied by brown people, immigrants, Latin X non english speakers, etc. Miller draping himself in a US flag as he unironically recreates pogroms his grandparents escaped doesn't erase his actions As noted by others, the deportations, the smash and grab storm trooper tactics, the Us v. them attitudes and camps on US soil and off all fit the patterns of behaviour set by original OG Nazi's. This time around jewish people by descent can clearly fit in and lead pan-USAism actions. Post Y2K USofA identity isn't the same as 1930s German identity, but ultranationism is still kill the outsider.