Lol… my god, man! This is good stuff. Real story book stuff.
It’s honestly surprising to see the level of fear that you and others have been sold. You people need to come back down to earth.
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kava@lemmy.world 1 week agowe’re watching an unprecedented purge in only a couple months of an administration. led by people who have openly admitted they want to destroy American democracy and institute a dictatorship.
me personally I think Trump already crossed the Rubicon. but in the very near future there will be an order by the Supreme Court for Trump to stop doing something. He won’t stop doing it. And then it will be abundantly clear to everyone we’re in a new stage of US history
Letsdothisok@lemmy.world 1 week ago
kava@lemmy.world 1 week ago
then please wise one- assuage my fear by showing me how the purge isn’t a purge. release me from this trembling terror by convincing me that the administration is not actually breaking federal law. save me from this horror and show me the light
Letsdothisok@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They’ve never said they want to end democracy. And they won’t try to end democracy. You’ve been caught up in the fear mongering, my friend.
folkrav@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Vance’s liking of Yarvin Curtis’ NRx philosophy, which openly dreams of neomonarchist technocracy[0], Peter Thiel’s funding and support of both Curtis/Nrx and this administration[1][2], this administration’s ties to Project 2025[3], what’s planned in it for the first 6 months of Trump’s term in terms of getting rid of democratic safeguards, dismantling government institutions and concentrating power into the executive[4], is already well under way to execute[5]… Combine all this with the things he’s been doing publically, like aligning with Putin, and threatening Canada’s and Mexico’s annexation over the trade agreements he signed himself 9 years ago, doesn’t really sell it as “fear mongering” to me, just as “looking at what’s happening”.
[0] www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZluMysK2B1E&t=1027s [1] nytimes.com/…/peter-thiel-donald-j-trump.html [2] ft.com/…/a46cb128-1f74-4621-ab0b-242a76583105 [3] forbes.com/…/project-2025-author-russell-vought-c… [4] …project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.p… [5] www.project2025.observer
kava@lemmy.world 1 week ago
“I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”
www.cato-unbound.org/…/education-libertarian/
Peter Thiel is the financier behind JD Vance and one of the co-founders of PayPal- later on with Elon Musk. They’re part of the same group of people, along with various other Silicon Valley tech executives, who subscribe to what has been called the “Dark Enlightenment” philosophy
JD Vance, for example, has openly expressed his support for Nick Land and cited him as a major influence.
Both Yarvin and Land believe that gradual, incremental reforms to democracy will not save Western society; instead, a “hard reset” or “reboot” is necessary. To that end, Yarvin has coined the acronym “RAGE” – Retire All Government Employees – as a crucial step toward that goal.
Does that sound familiar?
Yarvin advocates for an entirely new system of government – what he calls “neocameralism.” He advocates for a centrally managed economy led by a monarch – modeled after a corporate CEO – who wouldn’t need to adhere to plodding liberal-democratic procedures. Yarvin has written approvingly of the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping for his pragmatic and market-oriented authoritarianism.
They’re essentially trying to reshape the government to function more like a corporation. Something akin to the Chinese or Singapore method of governance. Democracy is not compatible. What’s interesting is that this isn’t happening in secret. They’re out in the open about it.
I’m guessing you refuse to see what’s in front of your nose out of fear, which is why you keep saying everyone else is afraid. Me personally, I’m not afraid at all. I’d say I’m more morbidly curious to see how it all ends up. I’m fairly privileged and I’ll be fine no matter what. As long as you shut up and do your job you’ll be fine.
But it’s happening. We’re witnessing a coup right in front of our eyes. They are purging the federal government and Trump has started to ignore court orders- dipping his toes in the water. There’s a lot more to this if you’re interested. There’s many articles out there and you can even read stuff by Vance, Thiel, Yarvin, Land, etc. They’re not shy
misteloct@lemmy.world 1 week ago
US History: 1774-2025.
kava@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Roman history didn’t end after Julius Caesar. In fact, the empire would reach its peak a couple hundred years after that moment and then dominated for hundreds of years afterwards.
It just wasn’t really a Republic anymore.
Of course that isn’t to say the US will get stronger, I think the opposite. Just that the end of democracy doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the country.