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RolStoppable said:

The goal of the far-right is the same in every democratic country: Destroy democracy from within.

So what if they are the reason for all the current problems. They've already brainwashed their voters into believing everything they say and distrusting everything someone else says. That's the strategy.

The USA as a whole has behaved stupid enough to give the biggest loons of the republican enough confidence to go for it. The perception of January 6th among American voters is the foundation of this, because it shows how far gone many Americans already are.

The further left or right you go, the more they are the same. Aka. Horse-shoe political theory.

Center-right leaning individuals definitely do not wish to destroy democracy anymore than center-left.

Just because someone is conservative also doesn't mean they agree with all the agenda's pushed forth by the conservative side like abortion either... Or even adhere to various conspiracy theories.
The binary Left vs Right is a silly debate and I would love for political discussions to move on from that and move onto debating various policies and legislature on a merits basis rather than simply shutting it down because their opponents pushed it.

Obviously the media plays a big role... I.E. Fox vs CNN can propagate fake information just as readily as each other... And they love to sensationalize and "rally" their support base... It's what helps make them money in the end.

As for January 6th... Trump should be jailed just for that without question.

Peaceful protest is a democratic right across the globe in free societies... Storming the capital and rallying your fan-base to do it is blatantly illegal.