I'm not the one lumping them together, they lumped themselves together the same way unions and the Democratic party did a long time ago. Revolving doors, clientelism, business opportunities, power struggle,...
What? People who agree and have a common interests are not immediately part of a group who move as one.
> People who agree and have a common interests...
> Revolving doors, clientelism, business opportunities, power struggle,...
Add activism, donations, candidate support and cooperating with them on a local and global level.
Seems like a text book definition of a political party.
Or all that is normal and complex human interactions of people with similar interests.
See this is part of the problem.
You are lumping together two different organizations that are nothing alike as somehow part of the same cabal.
Many different people from many different groups and organizations are reaching the same conclusion about Trump and the rise of violent right wing extremism.
Different parts of society are agreeing, and then in each of these parts there are individuals making decisions.