# How the Online Right Fell Apart

Source: https://damagemag.com/2024/08/21/how-the-online-right-fell-apart
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Submitted by misha on 2024-08-30 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

The online Right is as divided as the Left and has adopted many of its pathologies, raising the question of whether it faces a fascist coup or a collapse into political confusion. JD Vance cheerfully admitted to being "plugged into a lot of weird, right-wing subcultures," and his candidacy has led outlets like Politico and the New Republic to scrutinize those subcultures. Figures such as Rod Dreher have drawn some prim laughter.

## Article

Behind the scenes, the online Right is just as divided as the Left—and it’s adopted many of its pathologies too. Are we facing a fascist coup, or just a collapse into political confusion?

Before “weird” became the summer’s hottest and most contentious political insult, JD Vance cheerfully admitted to being “plugged into a lot of weird, right-wing subcultures.” Thanks to his candidacy, those subcultures are now being raked over by outlets like Politico and the New Republic. There’s some prim laughter at figures like Rod Dreher, who attrib…

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