We don’t talk enough about the fact that the oligarchs are basically trying to create a hybrid of China’s dictatorial regime with special economic zone-style cutouts and tech control and Russia’s illiberal kleptocracy.
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It's 'vulture capitalism': an entity (our government!) is acquired and stripped of its assets for personal benefit. Skeletal institutions, largely ineffective but available for elite influence, remain.
Benefits for Musk/Trump: Reduced constraints, enhanced/entrenched power, ongoing financial gain
Who specifically is driving this? Trump is not astute, educated enough to articulate that. Vaught? Thiel? JD (or is he along for the ride) ???? The Justice Thomas (Alito) peeps?
*from South-Africa.
And no, they are trying to create a neo-feudalist society.
Re-owning everyone into serfdom. This time with enough distraction to keep them occupied.
The majority of the public has no idea what is happening. Another faction either doesn't want to believe it or simply thinks it's insignificant. Those of us who do understand are doing our best. There needs to be a multi night expose on prime time. This gal did a good job https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?si=mXd1IshwH8f5npD0
Was just thinking this earlier today. All the bluster about beating China and Russia, but everything the administration is doing empowers China. And part of that is some weird jealousy they have for trying to mimic both regimes. Truly frightening.
It’s not so much about the democracy v. authoritarianism that was the Cold War. This isn’t about governments. It’s about how much wealth the entitled few get to make and pass on to those in the circle.
1. I study Yarvin. I'm not ignorant. 2. There are ideologies that enable this shit. Yarvin's, Bannon's, Dugin's. They interlock to give a story and a philosophy to the hoarding of wealth and resources.
Rosa De Lauro said of the CR "Elon Musk and President Trump are stealing from the middle class, seniors, veterans, working people, small businesses, and farms to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations." Which is a good start. But it needs to be video, purple hair and all.
Except
China's dictatorial regime has lifted millions out of poverty, respects education and science, is building the future.
The oligarchs and fascists are sacrificing the many to their insatiable lust for personal property power and wealth.
#ClimateCrisis they cannot fathom their own demise.
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Benefits for Musk/Trump: Reduced constraints, enhanced/entrenched power, ongoing financial gain
The period before governments had the outreach and power to reign in corporate abuse.
And trolls have the audacity to say that Yarvin is a genius, instead of a neo-feudalist... 😡
"network cities"
They want to build from scratch, so probably our national parks 😡
And no, they are trying to create a neo-feudalist society.
Re-owning everyone into serfdom. This time with enough distraction to keep them occupied.
Ignorant answers give ignorant replies.
So, come up with something more insightful.
https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?si=mXd1IshwH8f5npD0
https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/why-elon-musks-million-dollar-presidential
https://www.wired.com/story/startup-nations-donald-trump-legislation/
https://youtu.be/B6bN_T92SYY?si=bXsn3Ao08ozFmX90
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/07/attention-deficit-and-defiance-division-of-labor-theres-stuff-happening-where-youre-not-looking/
China's dictatorial regime has lifted millions out of poverty, respects education and science, is building the future.
The oligarchs and fascists are sacrificing the many to their insatiable lust for personal property power and wealth.
#ClimateCrisis they cannot fathom their own demise.