The mass adoption of new right wing tactics is driven by material changes. The largest driver of this are the boom and bust cycle of capitalism as a response to financial crises. When crises occurs new policy is required and when new policy is required it throws into whack the balancing of the contradictions that former policy was achieving to sustain the ruling class.
Major strategy changes begin development following a new financial crisis and then begin implementation after a year or so. It then takes several years to find its feet as it goes through many revisions before finally figuring out a way to explode into popular usage. In this respect they go through a process of testing a tactic and revising it over and over again until they find the right way to make things work.
Covid has been a change in material conditions changes that required new policy though, so I agree with others suggesting that what we're seeing right now with the growth of the anti-vax movement is a major strategy change in the right. I do not think that it has fully formed yet though, it is still going through waves of testing what works.
I have some theories.
The mass adoption of new right wing tactics is driven by material changes. The largest driver of this are the boom and bust cycle of capitalism as a response to financial crises. When crises occurs new policy is required and when new policy is required it throws into whack the balancing of the contradictions that former policy was achieving to sustain the ruling class.
Major strategy changes begin development following a new financial crisis and then begin implementation after a year or so. It then takes several years to find its feet as it goes through many revisions before finally figuring out a way to explode into popular usage. In this respect they go through a process of testing a tactic and revising it over and over again until they find the right way to make things work.
Covid has been a change in material conditions changes that required new policy though, so I agree with others suggesting that what we're seeing right now with the growth of the anti-vax movement is a major strategy change in the right. I do not think that it has fully formed yet though, it is still going through waves of testing what works.