How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America

And yet, the most terrifying part? Donald Trump, the supposed strongman at the heart of it all, is oblivious. He has no grand ideological project beyond his own power. He does not understand the system being built around him, nor the fact that his own presidency is merely a vehicle for forces that see him as a useful, temporary battering ram against democracy.

But those around him? They understand perfectly.

  • kudra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Thanks for posting, this really rounds out the Blonde Politics video that has been getting around.

  • Dogyote@slrpnk.net
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    13 days ago

    I feel like few people would actually consent to this new system if they knew what it was and how it worked. So how do these guys plan on forcing their post-democratic system on us?

    • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      13 days ago

      I dont think consent applies when every lever of power is controlled by the “grab em by the pussy” and “if youre rich, they let you do it” party.

      just before musk shot out the seig heil heard around the world, he was effusive about the importance of this election - precisely because this is an absolutely perfect storm of forces against democracy and for technocratic autocracy.

      as for enforcing the new status quo… I see no future that does not involve state violence.

      • Cygnean@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        12 days ago

        This is not a technocracy: it’s not about expertise in a given area that decides leadership, but about plutocratic autocracy. I wouldn’t say ‘the rich’ are naturally the experts.

        • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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          12 days ago

          Yeah if you take the concept at face value it doesn’t sound like the worst idea.

          It would need a lot of guardrails but it’s at least better than monarchy. I’d argue it would obviously devolve into a plutocracy basically immediately but that’s better than right from the start I guess.

  • 31337@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    This article is a good summary of the rabbit-hole I started going down when that Sam Altman/OpenAI drama happened (effective altruism -> effective accelerationism -> dark enlightenment -> etc). I had no idea so much of the “elite” were that out of touch with reality before that.