there is something behind the the hate-the-government motive than winning elections, beyond even winning elections so the rich don't have to pay taxes. The very rich have always understood that if you keep the poor very poor and helplesss, they, the very rich, can do anything they want.
and what do they want. well, first, one might notice that Musk thinks poor people don't even have a right to live. he regards "second raters" as sub-humans. that should remind you of another famous person in history who had particular persons in mind to to regard as sub-humans, perhaps because he still needed the support and work of the large majority of the people not yet regarded as sub-humans.
Trump regards his "enemies" as people not desrving to live, but he still needs the poor to win elections for him...the poor who are perfectly willing to regard anyone they are told to hate as not deserving to live.
if you think i may be going overboard with this, stop and listen hard to what they say, and what they have already done so far.
meanwhile i wouldn't count on the Democrats being back in power.
I’m a small government guy, but it’s clear that they are taking a chainsaw vs a scalpel to offices, programs and people. Had they chose to focus on inefficiency or programs that clearly weren’t needed or wasteful,I’d have been onboard. But axing NOAA, head start, etc is borderline criminal. I’m not sure, sadly, as Paul said, there is a path forward when the Dems get back in office to fix the most egregious of these wrongs.
In addition to what Paul points out, I'd add wanton cruelty to the list of motivators.
The big picture, though, seems to be that the régime is doing just what JD Vance, ever the messenger puppet on a string, said a couple of years ago should happen: don't reform the existing governmental structure, but rather smash it completely and rebuild it so as to create the new technofeudal state. What we're seeing happen daily and weekly is perfectly consistent with what Musk, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, and David Sacks, the core of the techno-feudalists, want.
Take from the poor ....but gold gild the toilets ...handrails ...picture frames . Take from the poor but build again on the WH ...build a ballroom ...gold gild it .. take from the elderly so you can buy 2 new planes while waiting for the other 2 new bigger planes is a must . Take from the children but plan a big huge $92,000,000 party next year . Yea well , all the money in the world doesn't do anything for your bad karma .. when you care about no one but yourself
I was told by a member of the tea party in 2011, "The purpose of government is to protect and increase the concentration of wealth and power." In practice this leads to three priorities. First, eliminate of reduce taxes and regulations on wealthy individuals and businesses. Second, eliminate any government assistance to anyone. Third, maintain control of government by the wealthy.
there is something behind the the hate-the-government motive than winning elections, beyond even winning elections so the rich don't have to pay taxes. The very rich have always understood that if you keep the poor very poor and helplesss, they, the very rich, can do anything they want.
and what do they want. well, first, one might notice that Musk thinks poor people don't even have a right to live. he regards "second raters" as sub-humans. that should remind you of another famous person in history who had particular persons in mind to to regard as sub-humans, perhaps because he still needed the support and work of the large majority of the people not yet regarded as sub-humans.
Trump regards his "enemies" as people not desrving to live, but he still needs the poor to win elections for him...the poor who are perfectly willing to regard anyone they are told to hate as not deserving to live.
if you think i may be going overboard with this, stop and listen hard to what they say, and what they have already done so far.
meanwhile i wouldn't count on the Democrats being back in power.
We may yet survive. But we shall not lose the absolute hatred for these people, these reckless, selfish, vile half-humans.
hate is what they feed on.
I’m a small government guy, but it’s clear that they are taking a chainsaw vs a scalpel to offices, programs and people. Had they chose to focus on inefficiency or programs that clearly weren’t needed or wasteful,I’d have been onboard. But axing NOAA, head start, etc is borderline criminal. I’m not sure, sadly, as Paul said, there is a path forward when the Dems get back in office to fix the most egregious of these wrongs.
In addition to what Paul points out, I'd add wanton cruelty to the list of motivators.
The big picture, though, seems to be that the régime is doing just what JD Vance, ever the messenger puppet on a string, said a couple of years ago should happen: don't reform the existing governmental structure, but rather smash it completely and rebuild it so as to create the new technofeudal state. What we're seeing happen daily and weekly is perfectly consistent with what Musk, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, and David Sacks, the core of the techno-feudalists, want.
Also see https://catholiccritique.com/2025/03/05/where-j-d-vance-gets-his-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas-opinion/ (reprinted here courtesy of The New Republic).
Sorry, can't find source for the exact Vance quote, but to catch a bit of the flavor, read the foreword Vance wrote for the Project 2025 document.
Take from the poor ....but gold gild the toilets ...handrails ...picture frames . Take from the poor but build again on the WH ...build a ballroom ...gold gild it .. take from the elderly so you can buy 2 new planes while waiting for the other 2 new bigger planes is a must . Take from the children but plan a big huge $92,000,000 party next year . Yea well , all the money in the world doesn't do anything for your bad karma .. when you care about no one but yourself
I was told by a member of the tea party in 2011, "The purpose of government is to protect and increase the concentration of wealth and power." In practice this leads to three priorities. First, eliminate of reduce taxes and regulations on wealthy individuals and businesses. Second, eliminate any government assistance to anyone. Third, maintain control of government by the wealthy.