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On July 4, when every patriotic American brings out their flags and rhetoric about the "founding fathers," we recall how national socialists gathered in Madison Square Gardens during Hitler’s reign, beneath American flags and banners displaying images of George Washington and antisemitic slogans. 🧵⬇️

To counter this sort of jingoism, let's revisit the development of nativism from its origins, tracing the common threads that connect all the ways that the rich have preyed on the fears and prejudices of the exploited to turn them against those worse off than themselves: crimethinc.com/nativism

Nativism and the Foundations of US Xenophobiacrimethinc.com Nativism, the doctrine of prioritizing native-born people of European origin over other immigrants, has a long history in the US. The ascendency of Donald Trump is just the latest chapter.