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Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

Ron Paul's Campaign Is Pushing Heavily on the Forgotten Man Narrative

Ron DeSantis' campaign has made the call to push heavily on the forgotten man narrative, arguing a soft conspiratorial view that a cabal of shady elites is colluding to ruin American greatness. He tried really hard to push his military record as part of a normal dude kind of think, but it doesn't seem to stunt the landing at all. It's interesting to me how close Ron's idea is to outright anti-Semitic conspiracy theory language.

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