You have predicting things pretty accurately so far. Elon and his minions open access to our Nation’s Treasury without oversight was unexpected. But Elon should have enough money to restore anything he stole correct????
I have but one question. Who do these greedy billionaires think will serve them when they have gutted the whole US government eliminating critical services and compromising national security just so they didn't have to pay taxes? Are they really so short sighted that they miss the long term (like one year out) consequences of what Musk is doing?
I think they figure that they'll always be able to get whatever they want or need. I personally hope that if they continue to gut the country that they get what they deserve. I would love to see them feeling lost because their money doesn't serve them any more.
There are two goals here (because this is neofascism, and not just a matter of personal greed; they are truly on a mission to "save humanity"):
1. Get rid of all the pro-democracy civil servants (they work in a nonpartisan way, but that merely means that the execute the law without any liberal or conservative bias; they ARE all democrats) and replace them with pro-neofascism civil servants (where will they find them? The Heritage Foundation already trained 20,000 of them... NOT enough to replace the 2 million civil servants currently working for the American people though).
2. Create as much chaos inside the US as possible, so that more and more people become absolutely desperate and WANT a strongman. That will help to have a broad "democratic" base to truly install neofascism inside the US government once and for all.
Also, don't forget that neofascism needs a different type of citizen. Democracies need highly functioning governments to be legitimate in the eyes of voters. Fascist regimes need the opposite: constant chaos, which their propaganda machine can then blame on "the elites" and "the deep state". Fascist regimes work with a shadow government (in this case very clearly Musk & Co), so the official politicians are mere puppets, put in place until the "populace" wants once again to fire the government, and then the shadow government, led by the party's leader (Trump, for now) tells his base that he continues to fight for them and against the elites by regularly firing "even their own" once they became part of the establishment too. Fascist propaganda vitally needs that fight against "the establishment" alive, and once they grab power and BECOME the establishment, only constant chaos can keep their popularity high enough to easily win the next elections (with some rigging, of course).
After a few decades, when the entire mentality becomes part of the fabric of society, they can gradually start to perform better, as government. Quite some neofascists actually support Medicare, for instance. But during the transition phase, when the fight between neofascism and democracy is at its most intense moment, they absolutely need constant chaos (also because it exhausts the democratic opposition).
At least, that's what scholars of fascism have observed...
Except this is a different flavor of fascism. Here's a 30-minute documentary about how tech billionaires are planning to destroy the US (and the world, frankly). Provides a lot of context and names: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpPTRcz1no&t=1s
I bet Roy Cohn is the guy who told Donny that big shots develop their power signatures by trying out various bold scribbles until they have the one that will make viewers feel they're smelling manly sweat, whisky and cigar smoke.
I always thought Trump copied his signature after classic Hollywood's Samual Goldwyn, since Trump always needs to gild himself to cover his insecurities.
Both Musk and Trump have made 'master race' statements and have histories of related racist remarks. I had been wondering about the mass deportations and if they were possibly related to an effort to slow the growth of the Hispanic population as a percentage of the US population. Troubling, to say the least.
The targeting and action taken against so called internal enemies by tRump/Musk is right out of the fascism playbook. It's based on the concept of social Darwinism. Hitler, Mussolini, Slobodan Milosevic and Pinochet all followed this.
Can anyone recommend a good biography of Mussolini that is available on Audible? I realized I have an Il Duce-sized gap in my knowledge of 20th century fascism.
The similarities are too many to mention. It’s a book. Trump and Musk are the Hitler and Mussolini of our time. Every day more shocking than the last. Glorious malignant narcissist with a world view reflective of their souls. Empty, cold and no matter how much they have it’s never enough.
I am amazed at the similarity between Mussolini's and trump's signatures. I didn't know they had sharpies back then… I am terrified of having vaccines not readily available - like COVID and flu and pneumonia. The first two I get regularly as an old person with asthma. The pneumonia I will update when recommended by my doctor. I want to be able to live my life to its natural conclusion. I also believe very strongly that that EVERYONE IN THE WORLD should have the same right.
H.C. Richardson: “The replacement of our constitutional system of government with the whims of an unelected private citizen is a coup. The U.S. president has no authority to cut programs created and funded by Congress, and a private citizen tapped by a president has even less standing to try anything so radical.”
The GOP has been captured by fraudsters & power by any means authoritarians. The projection & propaganda never stops.
Bothsiderism reigns with MSM.
Trump, Musk & MAGA, in their vision of gangster government & kleptocracy, believe that democracy is for sale & that they've bought control of the US government...that Trump, Musk & their MAGA oligarchs can act with impunity. Threats of retribution & prosecution for those who would uphold the rule of law are intended to silence opposition & compel obedience in advance.
The battles to rescue democracy & the rule of law will require resilient resistance...
The MSM continues to provide a platform for fascist speech. This is what got us into trouble in the first place. In 2015 tRump was given a huge amount of news coverage to sell his fascist garbage. The MSM is strongly to blame for our current mess. I believe that the owners of the MSM wanted what he was selling and therefore didn't stop it.
Sharpen the pitchforks, folks! I like to believe that we need to hit rock bottom to fundamentally change our society from a hyperchrony capitalism to a democratic socialist example. One can hope! There are too many strong and smart people on our side to fail!
Time to stop bemoaning our predicament and instead fight back.
While 77M Americans knowingly voted for this Fascist government, over 200M Americans did not. As Trump et al continue to purge Democracy, I believe the People (some of whom already regret their impetuous decision) will defeat this Fascist effort.
Here are two simple actions you can take to make a difference:
--> Contact your elected representatives; groups like Common Cause (https://www.commoncause.org) and Indivisible (listed below) make it easy;
I also recommend signing up for Robert Hubbell's Substack; he provides a section titled Opportunity for Reader Engagement that provides contacts and information that are working to defend and promote our Democracy.
I don't understand how the co-president, who paid for his position, has so much power to trespass on The Treasury Department with his minions; one has even moved in with his family. Muskrat was not elected he is a private citizen with a lot of money. The courts should have the US Marshalls storm the building and arrest them for treason. I understand that the teenage minion supposedly has the codes and passwords for funding the money, i.e., Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. This is not Twitter, X, or an internet game. Muskrat will cause havoc and turmoil for ordinary citizens. He must be stopped now.
I completely agree! Likewise, I do not understand why no one has called in the US Marshalls to arrest them all. How is it co-prez is getting away with this?? Makes my head spin.
Elon and his incel pack of hackers can breeze through security at all of these federal buildings, how exactly?! You and I can't do that. Where are our courageous law enforcement?
All bow down to Master of the Master Race Trump/Musk. Trump because minorities are the easiest to bully; Musk, because they are the wrong color.
Some synonyms for cruel. Brutal, ruthless, savage, vicious, merciless, sadistic, barbaric
These all fit the character of people who have no soul.
Sociopathic and narcissistic too.
You have predicting things pretty accurately so far. Elon and his minions open access to our Nation’s Treasury without oversight was unexpected. But Elon should have enough money to restore anything he stole correct????
Elon restore anything? Really? That's not who he is, and it doesn't matter how much money he has because he always wants even more.
Wrong. He will just confiscate the money, and place it in his coffer, and say this is for the good of the USA.
Confiscate his stuff for the good of the USA.
I have but one question. Who do these greedy billionaires think will serve them when they have gutted the whole US government eliminating critical services and compromising national security just so they didn't have to pay taxes? Are they really so short sighted that they miss the long term (like one year out) consequences of what Musk is doing?
Musk probably plans to be in the low-earth-orbit portion of his voyage to Mars by the time the shit hits the fan down here.
How will they protect themselves from the diseases we will get? Especially if they need servants, food, protectors.
I think they figure that they'll always be able to get whatever they want or need. I personally hope that if they continue to gut the country that they get what they deserve. I would love to see them feeling lost because their money doesn't serve them any more.
I would love for them to be blocked from entering any but illiberal countries. They might not mind, but then again, access is important to them.
There are two goals here (because this is neofascism, and not just a matter of personal greed; they are truly on a mission to "save humanity"):
1. Get rid of all the pro-democracy civil servants (they work in a nonpartisan way, but that merely means that the execute the law without any liberal or conservative bias; they ARE all democrats) and replace them with pro-neofascism civil servants (where will they find them? The Heritage Foundation already trained 20,000 of them... NOT enough to replace the 2 million civil servants currently working for the American people though).
2. Create as much chaos inside the US as possible, so that more and more people become absolutely desperate and WANT a strongman. That will help to have a broad "democratic" base to truly install neofascism inside the US government once and for all.
Also, don't forget that neofascism needs a different type of citizen. Democracies need highly functioning governments to be legitimate in the eyes of voters. Fascist regimes need the opposite: constant chaos, which their propaganda machine can then blame on "the elites" and "the deep state". Fascist regimes work with a shadow government (in this case very clearly Musk & Co), so the official politicians are mere puppets, put in place until the "populace" wants once again to fire the government, and then the shadow government, led by the party's leader (Trump, for now) tells his base that he continues to fight for them and against the elites by regularly firing "even their own" once they became part of the establishment too. Fascist propaganda vitally needs that fight against "the establishment" alive, and once they grab power and BECOME the establishment, only constant chaos can keep their popularity high enough to easily win the next elections (with some rigging, of course).
After a few decades, when the entire mentality becomes part of the fabric of society, they can gradually start to perform better, as government. Quite some neofascists actually support Medicare, for instance. But during the transition phase, when the fight between neofascism and democracy is at its most intense moment, they absolutely need constant chaos (also because it exhausts the democratic opposition).
At least, that's what scholars of fascism have observed...
Except this is a different flavor of fascism. Here's a 30-minute documentary about how tech billionaires are planning to destroy the US (and the world, frankly). Provides a lot of context and names: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpPTRcz1no&t=1s
The striking similarity of the two signatures is enough to make one believe in reincarnation.
I bet Roy Cohn is the guy who told Donny that big shots develop their power signatures by trying out various bold scribbles until they have the one that will make viewers feel they're smelling manly sweat, whisky and cigar smoke.
Roy Cohn liked manly sweat alright just a different kind
The bigger the signature, the bigger the ego.
I believe in reincarnation! :D
I always thought Trump copied his signature after classic Hollywood's Samual Goldwyn, since Trump always needs to gild himself to cover his insecurities.
Both Musk and Trump have made 'master race' statements and have histories of related racist remarks. I had been wondering about the mass deportations and if they were possibly related to an effort to slow the growth of the Hispanic population as a percentage of the US population. Troubling, to say the least.
The targeting and action taken against so called internal enemies by tRump/Musk is right out of the fascism playbook. It's based on the concept of social Darwinism. Hitler, Mussolini, Slobodan Milosevic and Pinochet all followed this.
Can anyone recommend a good biography of Mussolini that is available on Audible? I realized I have an Il Duce-sized gap in my knowledge of 20th century fascism.
We shall overcome or die.
The similarities are too many to mention. It’s a book. Trump and Musk are the Hitler and Mussolini of our time. Every day more shocking than the last. Glorious malignant narcissist with a world view reflective of their souls. Empty, cold and no matter how much they have it’s never enough.
I am amazed at the similarity between Mussolini's and trump's signatures. I didn't know they had sharpies back then… I am terrified of having vaccines not readily available - like COVID and flu and pneumonia. The first two I get regularly as an old person with asthma. The pneumonia I will update when recommended by my doctor. I want to be able to live my life to its natural conclusion. I also believe very strongly that that EVERYONE IN THE WORLD should have the same right.
H.C. Richardson: “The replacement of our constitutional system of government with the whims of an unelected private citizen is a coup. The U.S. president has no authority to cut programs created and funded by Congress, and a private citizen tapped by a president has even less standing to try anything so radical.”
The GOP has been captured by fraudsters & power by any means authoritarians. The projection & propaganda never stops.
Bothsiderism reigns with MSM.
Trump, Musk & MAGA, in their vision of gangster government & kleptocracy, believe that democracy is for sale & that they've bought control of the US government...that Trump, Musk & their MAGA oligarchs can act with impunity. Threats of retribution & prosecution for those who would uphold the rule of law are intended to silence opposition & compel obedience in advance.
The battles to rescue democracy & the rule of law will require resilient resistance...
The MSM continues to provide a platform for fascist speech. This is what got us into trouble in the first place. In 2015 tRump was given a huge amount of news coverage to sell his fascist garbage. The MSM is strongly to blame for our current mess. I believe that the owners of the MSM wanted what he was selling and therefore didn't stop it.
Sharpen the pitchforks, folks! I like to believe that we need to hit rock bottom to fundamentally change our society from a hyperchrony capitalism to a democratic socialist example. One can hope! There are too many strong and smart people on our side to fail!
Time to stop bemoaning our predicament and instead fight back.
While 77M Americans knowingly voted for this Fascist government, over 200M Americans did not. As Trump et al continue to purge Democracy, I believe the People (some of whom already regret their impetuous decision) will defeat this Fascist effort.
Here are two simple actions you can take to make a difference:
--> Contact your elected representatives; groups like Common Cause (https://www.commoncause.org) and Indivisible (listed below) make it easy;
--> Sign up and and participate with one of the protest groups such as Indivisible (https://indivisible.org), Move-On (https://front.moveon.org), Women's March (https://www.womensmarch.com)
--> Donate to organizations on the front line of the legal battles such as Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington (CREW) (https://www.citizensforethics.org), Democracy Forward (https://democracyforward.org), ACLU (https://www.aclu.org) and Lawyers Defending American Democracy (LDAD) (https://ldad.org).
I also recommend signing up for Robert Hubbell's Substack; he provides a section titled Opportunity for Reader Engagement that provides contacts and information that are working to defend and promote our Democracy.
Every little bit we do makes a difference!
Yes, Democracy Forward is taking action in a legal manner. I get their emails.
and don't forget their culture war, both example of racism and a distraction as they pursue oligarchic state capture - MOSF 20.3: Asian American Medical Students, Microaggressions, and DEI Initiatives https://eastwindezine.com/mosf-20-3-asian-american-medical-students-microaggressions-and-dei-initiatives/
and
MOSF 20.2: President Trump and the United States of Confusion, Perched on Catastrophe https://eastwindezine.com/mosf-20-2-president-trump-and-the-united-states-of-confusion-perched-on-catastrophe/
I don't understand how the co-president, who paid for his position, has so much power to trespass on The Treasury Department with his minions; one has even moved in with his family. Muskrat was not elected he is a private citizen with a lot of money. The courts should have the US Marshalls storm the building and arrest them for treason. I understand that the teenage minion supposedly has the codes and passwords for funding the money, i.e., Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. This is not Twitter, X, or an internet game. Muskrat will cause havoc and turmoil for ordinary citizens. He must be stopped now.
I completely agree! Likewise, I do not understand why no one has called in the US Marshalls to arrest them all. How is it co-prez is getting away with this?? Makes my head spin.
If the US Marshalls can't or won't, maybe we should.
Elon and his incel pack of hackers can breeze through security at all of these federal buildings, how exactly?! You and I can't do that. Where are our courageous law enforcement?