How Islamism gifted America its most sincere, whitepilled liberal democrats
You wake up each morning, and it all starts again. The algorithmic loops start whirring up in your noggin, screaming for the bean juice and dopamine. Sipping with your right hand and scrolling with your left, you see the same two camps mudslinging over the Michigan senatorial race between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers. The right, in a scare quotes, tells you Abdul is a SOCIALIST and MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD manchurian candidate, powered by lies and taqiyyah. The left tells you this is nonsense scaremongering and that Abdul just wants us to focus on affordability, healthcare, and above all, Michiganders and Michiganders only. Get a grip, grandpa, they say. The guy is a girl dad and Swiftie.
Beyond the partisan mudslinging, what is the truth of the matter here? Should Americans be afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), whatever that is?
As far as I can tell, no real sober analysis has been done about what the MB actually is in America and in the world, generally speaking. There is no real desire to have an analytic breakdown of the MB today, because I’m afraid that what you’ll find is…not much. But its far stranger than a mere nothingburger.
What I will argue here is that while the OG Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood boomer generation of the 60s and 70s (and inspired groups in other countries) had radical wings and ideological strains, almost none of that energy translated down to their Gen X and milennial kids who are now coming of age and running for office. What’s hilarious and what no one seems to be pointing out is that the children of MB-inspired families have grown up and become dyed-in-the-wool liberal democrats who believe in community organizing, the electoral process, and the promise of America, maybe more than any other group in America today.
