Steve Bannon nails it -- twice in a row

[sartre play]

So, Kamala would have sown division, if she had won?

No way of knowing what she would have done.
Only know what Trump said he would do if he won.

 

[sartre play]

The two parties are a Uniparty. MAGA is at odds with the Uniparty. Pick a side.

My side the UNITED states of America.

 

[Mac1958]

My side the UNITED states of America.

Yep.

On one side of the fence, I see the hard Left, the hard Right, and whatever the hell MAGA is. All three groups are ideologues who think that they alone have all the answers.

On the other side of the fence is the rest of us.

 

[hadit]

Another thing that really strikes me about this interview is how calm and civil and reasonable and articulate he can be when talking to the general public.

When he's talking to "the base", he's Fire & Brimstone and WE'RE AT WAR. He's hyper-aggressive and angry, presumably to match what works with his audience.

The takeaway? This message can be delivered the right way. And we're seeing the exact opposite play out. Why is that? Why does it have to be that way?

We've been pushed in the opposite direction for years now. Look at the party power structure. Once upon a time, blue blood types ran the Republican party who didn't want to get in the mud with democrats. Not so much anymore. Once upon a time, pro-life democrats used to be able to occupy positions of power within the party and offer opposing viewpoints. Not so much anymore. Now, it's total loyalty to the party line or get out.

Why does it have to be that way? Ultimately there's only one answer...because it works. People want their guy to fight, and when the other guy fights dirty, they want the same response from their guy. Here's an unpopular opinion, but one that is based in truth. THIS IS WHY THE FOUNDING FATHERS DID NOT WANT THE PRESIDENT TO BE ELECTED BY THE POPULAR VOTE. He/she was supposed to be elected by representatives a step removed from mob politics.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Yep.

On one side of the fence, I see the hard Left, the hard Right, and whatever the hell MAGA is. All three groups are ideologues who think that they alone have all the answers.

On the other side of the fence is the rest of us.

That's because people don't mind their own fucking business anymore with bananas wedge issues that affect .01% of the population.

 

[Lisa558]

We all hope that there is a cure for cancer when we get it. Unfortunately, reality is a bitch.

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So now that your way off doing things - importing millioms of illegals, bloating the government even further - has been rejected by reasonable Americans, you’re “comforting” yourself by claiming Trump can’t succeed in bringing about what Americans want? Are you so sure leftists will be able to block what your country has voted for?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

You still lost. This changes nothing.

The simpleton's take.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Think of "Trumpism" as being anti gov't and globalist elite corruption.

As they lick the boots of a criminal fraudster billionaire who is about to be head of the government.

Can't make this shit up. Psychologists will be studying this for YEARS.

 

[DonGlock26]

As they lick the boots of a criminal fraudster billionaire who is about to be head of the government.

Can't make this shit up. Psychologists will be studying this for YEARS.

TDS will be added to the next mental illness manual.

 

[struth]

We all hope that there is a cure for cancer when we get it. Unfortunately, reality is a bitch.

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Really? xiden promised to cure cancer…in fact he gave Tulane 23 million to do it! (It just so happened Tulane gave his crack head son a job too)

 

[dblack]

Yep. The standard partisan "but THEY do it TOO" crap is nothing more than a race to the bottom.

As we're clearly seeing.

Just once I'd like to see one side, doesn't matter which, say "Yeah, that's what they do. We don't.".

 

[dblack]

Yep.

On one side of the fence, I see the hard Left, the hard Right, and whatever the hell MAGA is. All three groups are ideologues who think that they alone have all the answers.

On the other side of the fence is the rest of us.

It's time to face the fact that the two party system is hopelessly broken.

 

[Mac1958]

Just once I'd like to see one side, doesn't matter which, say "Yeah, that's what they do. We don't.".

It's time to face the fact that the two party system is hopelessly broken.

Well, the two things are related.

This continues until and unless we fix a "system" (ha) that incentivizes and rewards the very worst impulses of its participants.

That's on us, but it sure as hell doesn't seem to be a high priority.

 

[berg80]

Yeah, the title was not particularly easy for me to type. Anyway, in trying to gain a better personal understanding of the perceptions and opinions of others (yes, many of us do that pretty regularly), I'm watching a 2.5 hour interview with Steve Bannon, recorded in 2019.

Early on (VERY early on), he makes two very important points:

1. I've seen MANY people here, usually of one particular political persuasion, contend that the 2008 Meltdown was not that big a deal. Bannon, formerly of Goldman Sachs, does a good, quick, off-the-cuff job of describing how and why we literally came hours from total economic global catastrophe. Businesses around the country were about to run out of cash. Very few people know this story: At 6:42-9:52

2. Then, the next thing he talks about populism and its danger (although I doubt he meant to put it quite in this way): at 10:26, he says "every financial crisis, I think, in at least modern history, is always followed by some kind of populism. Now, sometime that devolves into fascism..."

This is out of Bannon's own mouth. I'm not making a prediction, I'm just pointing out that we need to proceed with care and thought and intelligence, and not a caveman, break-it-all approach. And that's my concern with this mess. That's one of my primary worries about Trumpism.

Link: Steve Bannon Interview

Just as the uncertainty created by a financial crisis can facilitate authoritarian rule so too can the chaos trump is already creating by refusing to comply with transition protocols.


Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money

President-elect Donald J. Trump is keeping secret the names of the donors who are funding his transition effort, a break from tradition that could make it impossible to see what interest groups, businesses or wealthy people are helping launch his second term.

Mr. Trump has so far declined to sign an agreement with the Biden administration that imposes strict limits on that fund-raising in exchange for up to $7.2 million in federal funds earmarked for the transition. By dodging the agreement, Mr. Trump can raise unlimited amounts of money from unknown donors to pay for the staff, travel and office space involved in preparing to take over the government.

Mr. Trump is the first president-elect to sidestep the restrictions, provoking alarm among ethics experts.
Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money

 

[Mac1958]

Just as the uncertainty created by a financial crisis can facilitate authoritarian rule so too can the chaos trump is already creating by refusing to comply with transition protocols.


Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money

President-elect Donald J. Trump is keeping secret the names of the donors who are funding his transition effort, a break from tradition that could make it impossible to see what interest groups, businesses or wealthy people are helping launch his second term.

Mr. Trump has so far declined to sign an agreement with the Biden administration that imposes strict limits on that fund-raising in exchange for up to $7.2 million in federal funds earmarked for the transition. By dodging the agreement, Mr. Trump can raise unlimited amounts of money from unknown donors to pay for the staff, travel and office space involved in preparing to take over the government.

Mr. Trump is the first president-elect to sidestep the restrictions, provoking alarm among ethics experts.
Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money

I don't know why he can't do something that simple.

This whole act is just to buck the system, whether it's helpful or not.

Children are like that.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

I don't know why he can't do something that simple.

This whole act is just to buck the system, whether it's helpful or not.

Children are like that.

All reasons I have absolutely no confidence, no respect and no trust in this orange bag O' shit. Never have, never will.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

TDS will be added to the next mental illness manual.

Afraid not. Your alternate reality will not make the history books.

 

[berg80]

I don't know why he can't do something that simple.

This whole act is just to buck the system, whether it's helpful or not.

Children are like that.

We both know what the minions would be saying if a Dem did this. It's a "pay for play" scheme. If you are a corporation wanting to avoid being hurt by tariffs what better way to do so than by contributing millions of dollars to the transition................IN SECRET.

 

[dblack]

Well, the two things are related.

This continues until and unless we fix a "system" (ha) that incentivizes and rewards the very worst impulses of its participants.

That's on us, but it sure as hell doesn't seem to be a high priority.

For me, the widespread defeat of ranked choice voting was the most depressing outcome of the election. Both parties, correctly, recognized it as a threat to their power and control, and teamed up to protect their duopoly.

 

[Luckyone]

POLITICANS with guns, What a message! NO talk about a healthy balance of power.
SO sick of my way or the highway BS.

Yes, we are all sick of that.................but, it is what it is.