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i …~… The Republican Party placed itself above the law when the evidence was brought to light that Trump totally extorted Ukraine for dirt on Biden. … OP
ii …~… “Mr Trump had urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former US Vice-President Joe Biden, the frontrunner to take on Mr Trump in the 2020 election, as well as Mr Biden's son. The call came shortly after Mr Trump had blocked the release of military aid to Ukraine. A senior official later testified the president had made clear the release of this aid was conditional on Mr Biden being investigated. …~… BBC
iii …~… “Yarvin said that after a hypothetical authoritarian president was inaugurated in January, “you can’t continue to have a Harvard or a New York Times past since perhaps the start of April”. Later expanding on the idea with “the idea that you’re going to be a Caesar and take power and operate with someone else’s Department of Reality in operation is just manifestly absurd.”
“Machiavelli could tell you right away that that’s a stupid idea,” Yarvin added.
While he has not yet assumed power, Trump has moved against media outlets, commencing lawsuits against some including the Des Moines Register, CBS and ABC, with the latter settling a $15m suit that legal experts believed to be winnable for the broadcaster.
Vice-president-elect JD Vance, meanwhile, and others in the broader Maga orbit like Christopher Rufo have identified universities as primary ideological enemies, with Rufo helping to remake New College of Florida in the image of Christian nationalism.
In 2022, Vance told Vanity Fair: “I tend to think that we should seize the institutions of the left and turn them against the left. We need like a de-Baathification program, a de-woke-ification program.”
The Guardian reported in August that Vance said in a podcast recording: “There is no way for a conservative to accomplish our vision of society unless we’re willing to strike at the heart of the beast. That’s the universities.”
Elsewhere in the podcast with Anton, Yarvin talked of the need to mobilise the base of the party – its ordinary supporters – in the service of the cause. Yarvin postulated this could be done with an app that supporters would download and take instructions from when opponents were identified.
Yarvin said the notional US autocrat would use the app “to re-create the Sons of Liberty style, quote-unquote, protest”, The Guardian
iv …~… While, for some people, religion can inspire kindness, creativity, and fellowship while fueling the pursuit of justice, we also know that it can be a powerful means of domination and social control. Justifying social stratification and the uneven distribution of power through religiosity is a very old trick that has resulted in some familiar social forms. Seizing upon technologies to reify these stratifications and divisions of power is also nothing new. As Jared Yates Sexton wrote in his recent piece, “What's Actually At Stake: MAGA and Tech Fascism” …~… The Rise of America’s Broligarchy
v …~… Cesar will be telling us the state of the empire tonight. He and the LAWLESS REPUBLICAN PARTY which has been blessed by GOD to be above the law and they are going to make everything like it was before the SIXTIES. Global peace and prosperity is on the way. Can’t wait to watch THE BREAD AND CIRCUS TONIGHT. … OP
he liberal ideology that has underpinned Western democracy for decades is “obsolete,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Financial Times published Friday.
ii …~… “Mr Trump had urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former US Vice-President Joe Biden, the frontrunner to take on Mr Trump in the 2020 election, as well as Mr Biden's son. The call came shortly after Mr Trump had blocked the release of military aid to Ukraine. A senior official later testified the president had made clear the release of this aid was conditional on Mr Biden being investigated. …~… BBC
iii …~… “Yarvin said that after a hypothetical authoritarian president was inaugurated in January, “you can’t continue to have a Harvard or a New York Times past since perhaps the start of April”. Later expanding on the idea with “the idea that you’re going to be a Caesar and take power and operate with someone else’s Department of Reality in operation is just manifestly absurd.”
“Machiavelli could tell you right away that that’s a stupid idea,” Yarvin added.
While he has not yet assumed power, Trump has moved against media outlets, commencing lawsuits against some including the Des Moines Register, CBS and ABC, with the latter settling a $15m suit that legal experts believed to be winnable for the broadcaster.
Vice-president-elect JD Vance, meanwhile, and others in the broader Maga orbit like Christopher Rufo have identified universities as primary ideological enemies, with Rufo helping to remake New College of Florida in the image of Christian nationalism.
In 2022, Vance told Vanity Fair: “I tend to think that we should seize the institutions of the left and turn them against the left. We need like a de-Baathification program, a de-woke-ification program.”
The Guardian reported in August that Vance said in a podcast recording: “There is no way for a conservative to accomplish our vision of society unless we’re willing to strike at the heart of the beast. That’s the universities.”
Elsewhere in the podcast with Anton, Yarvin talked of the need to mobilise the base of the party – its ordinary supporters – in the service of the cause. Yarvin postulated this could be done with an app that supporters would download and take instructions from when opponents were identified.
Yarvin said the notional US autocrat would use the app “to re-create the Sons of Liberty style, quote-unquote, protest”, The Guardian
iv …~… While, for some people, religion can inspire kindness, creativity, and fellowship while fueling the pursuit of justice, we also know that it can be a powerful means of domination and social control. Justifying social stratification and the uneven distribution of power through religiosity is a very old trick that has resulted in some familiar social forms. Seizing upon technologies to reify these stratifications and divisions of power is also nothing new. As Jared Yates Sexton wrote in his recent piece, “What's Actually At Stake: MAGA and Tech Fascism” …~… The Rise of America’s Broligarchy
v …~… Cesar will be telling us the state of the empire tonight. He and the LAWLESS REPUBLICAN PARTY which has been blessed by GOD to be above the law and they are going to make everything like it was before the SIXTIES. Global peace and prosperity is on the way. Can’t wait to watch THE BREAD AND CIRCUS TONIGHT. … OP
he liberal ideology that has underpinned Western democracy for decades is “obsolete,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Financial Times published Friday.
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