Do you remember how similar the "left" and "right" wing critiques and observations about the federal government were around 2008? Much of the commentary on the financial system by a left wing academic like Michael Hudson and right wing youtuber's complaints about the Federal Reserve were interchangable or at least complementary. Similarly, the critique of imperialism and foreign wars by the USA was similar if not complementary.
A few years later much of the audience for that commentary is wrapped up in culture wars bullshit. Was that engineered as a diversion? The "alt right" seems like it was entirely fabricated. The audience who opposed wars and financial crime ended up worrying about white genocide or commie dweebs on college campuses or nonsense like Bruce Jenner's sex change.
I didn't follow any of the development of the alt left over the past few years, but it wouldn't be a surprise if that followed a parallel path.
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