Now, how does this apply to America in 2021? Seriously, this is not a rhetorical question. How does this apply to America in 2021?

Ugh I dropped out of college why are you giving me homework??? /s

I guess my intuitive answer to that question is something along the lines of “we are watching the misguided negation of years of american domestic policy failures/imperialism/capitalism” but in the sense that - harking back to my comment earlier on this post - most QAnon/MAGA followers do think there’s something wrong with the system but are mislabeling the crucial components (capitalism, etc) as whatever they perceive as the bogeyman other. Whether that is ‘the mainstream media’, ‘antifa’, or ‘socialist liberals’ varies based on each individual’s experience inside the system - but collectively they are negating the idea of how the United States (and the world to an extent) has operated and governed the last few decades. But like I said, they’re mislabeling the crucial components that are in contradiction to each-other.

I dunno; I definitely need to read more theory and my brain is already fried from the last six hours of work but I hope that made some sort of sense.