An intellectual's decent down the rabbit hole.

[berg80]

Even left leaning Democrats are not as far left as the Progressive Socialist Communists which controls legislation and gets most of everything.

That bears no relationship to reality.

 

[The Duke]

That’s an amazing bowl of word salad there

It's actually not.

I understand how you don't get it as it refers to legislation in our federal government.

 

[berg80]

I think it's pretty longwinded, and I bet you didn't read it all.

Also, you're a tard.

Your paywalled article trying to slam it can't be seen without internet hokery. So yeah!

Read the 1st article in the OP people. It's longwinded AF, but not too bad.

It seems the NYT is butthurt about it, so it must be alright!

Once a thinker begins to conceive of politics as a pitched battle between the righteous and those who seek the country’s outright annihilation, extraordinary possibilities open up.

That’s how, in May 2021, Mr. Anton came to conduct a two-hour podcast with a far-right Silicon Valley tech guru and self-described “monarchist,” Curtis Yarvin, in which the two agreed that the American “regime” is today most accurately described as a “theocratic oligarchy.” In that arrangement, an elite class of progressive “priests” ensconced in executive branch agencies, the universities, elite media and other leading institutions of civil society promulgate and enforce a distorted and self-serving version of reality that illegitimately justifies their rule.

In this conversation, Mr. Anton and Mr. Yarvin swapped ideas about how this theocratic oligarchy might be overthrown. It culminated in Mr. Yarvin sketching a scenario in which a would-be dictator he alternatively describes as “Caesar” and “Trump” defies the laws and norms of democratic transition and uses a “Trump app” to direct throngs of his supporters on the streets of the nation’s capital to do his bidding, insulating the would-be dictator from harm and the consequences of his democracy-defying acts.

A year ago, Mr. Anton revisited the topic of “the perils and possibilities of Caesarism” on “The Matthew Peterson Show” with several other intellectual catastrophists with ties to the Claremont Institute. (Another panelist on the online show, Charles Haywood, a wealthy former businessman, used the term “Red Caesar,” referring to the color associated with the G.O.P., in a 2021 blog post about Mr. Anton’s second book.)

On the Peterson show, Mr. Anton described Caesarism as one-man rule that emerges “after the decay of a republican order, when it can no longer function.” (He also said that he would lament the United States coming to these circumstances because he would prefer the country to embrace the principles of “1787 forever.” But if that is no longer possible, he said, the rule of a Caesar can be a necessary method to restore order.)

The subtext of what Anton is advocating couldn't be more clear. He believes in the supremacy of his beliefs and therefore thinks imposing them on others is justified. That's textbook authoritarianism.

 

[Oddball]

Once a thinker begins to conceive of politics as a pitched battle between the righteous and those who seek the country’s outright annihilation, extraordinary possibilities open up.

That’s how, in May 2021, Mr. Anton came to conduct a two-hour podcast with a far-right Silicon Valley tech guru and self-described “monarchist,” Curtis Yarvin, in which the two agreed that the American “regime” is today most accurately described as a “theocratic oligarchy.” In that arrangement, an elite class of progressive “priests” ensconced in executive branch agencies, the universities, elite media and other leading institutions of civil society promulgate and enforce a distorted and self-serving version of reality that illegitimately justifies their rule.

In this conversation, Mr. Anton and Mr. Yarvin swapped ideas about how this theocratic oligarchy might be overthrown. It culminated in Mr. Yarvin sketching a scenario in which a would-be dictator he alternatively describes as “Caesar” and “Trump” defies the laws and norms of democratic transition and uses a “Trump app” to direct throngs of his supporters on the streets of the nation’s capital to do his bidding, insulating the would-be dictator from harm and the consequences of his democracy-defying acts.

A year ago, Mr. Anton revisited the topic of “the perils and possibilities of Caesarism” on “The Matthew Peterson Show” with several other intellectual catastrophists with ties to the Claremont Institute. (Another panelist on the online show, Charles Haywood, a wealthy former businessman, used the term “Red Caesar,” referring to the color associated with the G.O.P., in a 2021 blog post about Mr. Anton’s second book.)

On the Peterson show, Mr. Anton described Caesarism as one-man rule that emerges “after the decay of a republican order, when it can no longer function.” (He also said that he would lament the United States coming to these circumstances because he would prefer the country to embrace the principles of “1787 forever.” But if that is no longer possible, he said, the rule of a Caesar can be a necessary method to restore order.)

The subtext of what Anton is advocating couldn't be more clear. He believes in the supremacy of his beliefs and therefore thinks imposing them on others is justified. That's textbook authoritarianism.

 

[The Duke]

Once a thinker begins to conceive of politics as a pitched battle between the righteous and those who seek the country’s outright annihilation, extraordinary possibilities open up.

That’s how, in May 2021, Mr. Anton came to conduct a two-hour podcast with a far-right Silicon Valley tech guru and self-described “monarchist,” Curtis Yarvin, in which the two agreed that the American “regime” is today most accurately described as a “theocratic oligarchy.” In that arrangement, an elite class of progressive “priests” ensconced in executive branch agencies, the universities, elite media and other leading institutions of civil society promulgate and enforce a distorted and self-serving version of reality that illegitimately justifies their rule.

In this conversation, Mr. Anton and Mr. Yarvin swapped ideas about how this theocratic oligarchy might be overthrown. It culminated in Mr. Yarvin sketching a scenario in which a would-be dictator he alternatively describes as “Caesar” and “Trump” defies the laws and norms of democratic transition and uses a “Trump app” to direct throngs of his supporters on the streets of the nation’s capital to do his bidding, insulating the would-be dictator from harm and the consequences of his democracy-defying acts.

A year ago, Mr. Anton revisited the topic of “the perils and possibilities of Caesarism” on “The Matthew Peterson Show” with several other intellectual catastrophists with ties to the Claremont Institute. (Another panelist on the online show, Charles Haywood, a wealthy former businessman, used the term “Red Caesar,” referring to the color associated with the G.O.P., in a 2021 blog post about Mr. Anton’s second book.)

On the Peterson show, Mr. Anton described Caesarism as one-man rule that emerges “after the decay of a republican order, when it can no longer function.” (He also said that he would lament the United States coming to these circumstances because he would prefer the country to embrace the principles of “1787 forever.” But if that is no longer possible, he said, the rule of a Caesar can be a necessary method to restore order.)

The subtext of what Anton is advocating couldn't be more clear. He believes in the supremacy of his beliefs and therefore thinks imposing them on others is justified. That's textbook authoritarianism.

Not linking to a plagiarized NYT article is plagiarism.

 

[berg80]

Not linking to a plagiarized NYT article is plagiarism.

I had already posted the link. Here's another article you might enjoy.

The Authoritarian Right’s Code-Phrase: ‘Do You Know What Time It Is?’

The sinister implications of a piece of jargon.

nymag.com

 

[The Duke]

I had already posted the link. Here's another article you might enjoy.

The Authoritarian Right’s Code-Phrase: ‘Do You Know What Time It Is?’

The sinister implications of a piece of jargon.

nymag.com

Yeah, no. You might as well link McSweeney's or DailyKos. Commie.

Attempted gaslighting is what it is.

 

[berg80]

Yeah, no. You might as well link McSweeney's or DailyKos. Commie.

Attempted gaslighting is what it is.

Who said......."Whether President Reagan has charted a new course that will set our compass for decades—or whether history will see him as the conservative interruption in a process of inexorable national decline—is yet to be determined."

It expresses what is essentially the same sentiment as Anton's and therefore is equally as misguided. Imagine touting the admin responsible for setting in motion the explosion of national debt due to his tax cuts, violating law with Iran-Contra, overseeing the S&L debacle, ending the Fairness Doctrine (which is in part responsible for polarizing media), and bringing about the demise of the middle class.

 

[Mac1958]

At its core what folks like Anton are pushing is the belief they have the right to rule from minority status. It's why Repubs are so hellbent on rigging state legislatures so they can maintain power while garnering fewer votes. It's behind voter roll purges, gerrymandering, and laws they have enacted to suppress votes from certain demographic groups.

I'm not sure they look at minority rule as a "right". I think they're just convinced that they've "lost" the country to demographics, and the only way they can "save" it is to manipulate the system so that minority rule is possible. That's going to take some heavy-handed policies and a sociopathic strongman at the top. It will also require that our institutions are weakened to make room for their agenda.

Steve Bannon, probably more than anyone else right now, is at the "intellectual" core of this.

In all fairness, so far he's making significant progress. The rest of the country still hasn't come to grips with this... thing, much less figured out a way to deal with it.

 

[Leo123]

Yeah, no. You might as well link McSweeney's or DailyKos. Commie.

Attempted gaslighting is what it is.

Marxist attempt to blame others for what they themselves are doing with a sprinkling of Orange Man Bad! The OP is a Marxist shill.