The problem with this plan is that states function by fiat. The government has legitimacy and power only if people believe it does, and these guys are currently speedrunning the destruction of that legitimacy
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Even the Nazis weren’t dumb enough to blow up the economy and turn off the pension system, because they needed the state to function for ordinary Germans to secure their acquiescence
The power and granularity for control of the individual livelihoods, lives, and communications of every citizen and politician did not exist 90 years ago. Now it does and is concentrated in the hands of one man.
Which is weird coming from them because they're the ones who will say "you know, Hitler did *some* good things..." but now it's like they're going "what if we emulated Hitler, but only for the bad things?"
Not sure I agree about the blowback. Americans aren’t online like we are, and are pretty ambivalent about politics. The GOP is useless. In 2 years I’m not sure people will remember when it comes time for midterms.
Unless it goes REALLY bad.
You can tell this coup was planned by Elon Musk because it’s like somebody read about the rise of fascism but skipped all the boring chapters about consolidation of power and went straight to the insane totalitarian shit
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Tearing down the state is just dumb.
The blowback from this will be spectacular.
Unless it goes REALLY bad.