hey guys I'm trying to establish right-wing dictatorship in a wealthy, diverse, and relatively robust democracy. the ideal political economy for my project is one in which I've picked fights with the military and professional classes and strapped a ticking time bomb to Wall Street, right? - ThreadSky

usspcrichardandson.bsky.social • 80 days ago

hey guys I'm trying to establish right-wing dictatorship in a wealthy, diverse, and relatively robust democracy. the ideal political economy for my project is one in which I've picked fights with the military and professional classes and strapped a ticking time bomb to Wall Street, right?

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padrock.bsky.social•80 days ago

::reading “recipe for creating dictatorship”::
Oooooohhhh I was supposed to consolidate power FIRST, shoot…

tsrhodes.bsky.social•80 days ago

*over loudspeaker*
PAY NO ATTENTION TO WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO BEHIND THE CURTAIN, I MEAN, AH DAMMIT

obviouspseudonym.bsky.social•80 days ago

Yes, you're doing everything right so far. When you trying to build a durable authoritarian regime, it's important to piss off the people with guns, money and education literally at the same time. Preferably outsource this task to one of the most abrasively annoying assholes on the planet.

dmnd.me•80 days ago

ramsandhoosiers.bsky.social•80 days ago

Also technically I’m marionetting the guy with the personality cult who formally has the job I am usurping for all intents and purposes as he visibly declines into full blown dementia.

adventurebae.bsky.social•80 days ago

While making myself as repulsive and unlikable as possible

benconneran.bsky.social•79 days ago

Yes. Pissing off the guys with all the guns and the government workers who keep society functional is how you ensure a thousand year American Reich.

michaelcaley.bsky.social•80 days ago

bro your regime, it's not consolidating bro

ivyweber95.bsky.social•80 days ago

I think you should make alliances with and promote AI conmen, so you can use their word salad machines to brainstorm new ideas and destroy the water supplies of an angry population at the same time.

ornamentalseashell.bsky.social•80 days ago

adding: relatively robust democracy where much of the citizenry has caches of arms and was raised on tales of fighting tyranny

innuendostudios.bsky.social•80 days ago

no no, don't worry, most of them are itching to be your own personal SS

your main issue is your private "army" has assault rifles and the actual army has drones and tanks

aurelienmorel.bsky.social•80 days ago

Have you asked Curtis Yarvin for tips? The man seems to be a reliable source for strategies, after all he was a barely competent programmer 20 years ago.

rowyourbot.bsky.social•80 days ago

If you want to destroy the entire government, and the economy, you don’t have to be very careful.

artificialmcb.bsky.social•80 days ago

Have you considered kneecapping the economies of the huge countries to your north & south while threatening to invade them?

brute.bsky.social•80 days ago

And pissed off your potential allies.

solive.bsky.social•80 days ago

Not before you fire all the people safeguarding the nukes and keeping airplanes from crashing into each other you don't.

selfindulgentclaptrap.com•80 days ago

See if you can get your guys to gut the public old age insurance, but other than that, lookin' good!

irvingfisherfan.bsky.social•80 days ago

You might look into gutting your own taxation capabilities. Otherwise the plan is flawless

drgrat.bsky.social•80 days ago

Flat taxes. Coming right up!

foxfire50.bsky.social•80 days ago

Like Racheal Madow said,'They are not good at this'. If America was not so incompetent, clumsy, and stupid in so many ways, they could easily be thwarted. Trump and Elon are not geniuses, for example. They are idiots. They can't even make a viable or lawful case for the shit that they do.

fugnuts.bsky.social•79 days ago

Don't forget to cozy up to all the dictators.

proofofburden.bsky.social•80 days ago

No, we'll just hire lackeys to staff anything that we realize is important later

We'll do that with money raised through our revenue service, which we are gutting

dslakter.bsky.social•80 days ago

Don't worry. The Speaker says Congress is good for it.

problemfellow.bsky.social•80 days ago

nah seems chill

bigbluebongo.bsky.social•80 days ago

OK but do you have a plurality of teenagers who spend their days on bodybuilding forums

bananashirt.bsky.social•80 days ago

it depends, how many days are they spending and does that amount qualify as a week

robthefourth.bsky.social•80 days ago

As long as you promise the middle class white folk that the worst things outcomes will only be for minorities they will actively support your takeover

emceehammerpants.bsky.social•80 days ago

As a middle-class white folk, I want my eggs and airplanes back. Don’t make me no happier knowing black folk are paying $9 for egg, too.

danzyl666.bsky.social•80 days ago

Now the funniest possible option is for them to the 22nd amendment hail Mary succeed and have trump d*e before 2028

danzyl666.bsky.social•80 days ago

Or for him to run, and lose anyway. But if it gets that far the 2028 election would have to be rigged somehow

pmanville.bsky.social•80 days ago

Lay SALT traps

mylinuxrig.bsky.social•80 days ago

*trump wriggles out of 4 years of controversies effortlessly* ah well nevertheless

section331.bsky.social•80 days ago

autonomousreason.bsky.social•80 days ago

Correct

beefunwellington.bsky.social•80 days ago

Follow.

sellazz.bsky.social•80 days ago

Needs more unchecked public health risks, imo

fwordleproblems.bsky.social•80 days ago

sir I would advise you to move fast and break stuff

bigfatbartolocolon.bsky.social•80 days ago

u also need to make sure the planes crash

duncombe.bsky.social•80 days ago

and no more eggs plus many more measles, doctors hate this 1 weird trick

mveetz.bsky.social•80 days ago

Be sure to have the mainstream media and cringeworthy billionaires on your side.

tsrhodes.bsky.social•80 days ago

What hundreds of thousands of federal workers love is for their lives to be upended and seeing the guy who did it on stage holding a chainsaw yelling "chainsaaaaw!"

mylinuxrig.bsky.social•80 days ago

i mean a few of them are trump supporters so i bet a few actually do

tsrhodes.bsky.social•80 days ago

Revenge of the Nerds was a psyop

shorelined.bsky.social•80 days ago

“We’re going to make mistakes. Like Ebola. Who knew?”

tsrhodes.bsky.social•80 days ago

People just watching their laptops, tapping their foot waiting patiently for the next super mario brother to step up

shorelined.bsky.social•80 days ago

Sure feels that way. Someone will lose their career, so will their partner. Their sick kid’s support is cut off. They snap.

ds00n.bsky.social•80 days ago

At lurkers, his fingers can launch missiles. I’ve played just enough of Fallout and watched Season 6 of Game of Thrones to know better than to sit idle.

petermcgladdery.bsky.social•80 days ago

Make sure the figurehead at the centre of the cult of personality you needed to gain power is as old, unpredictable & unmanageable as possible.

madison5000.bsky.social•80 days ago

durruticalm.bsky.social•80 days ago

make sure you also piss off a large section of the Intel community for good measure

mendrian.bsky.social•79 days ago

People really pop a squat if you blow the government up and you aren't racist, but if you can melt down the economy and do a hitler high five you should be golden.

mendrian.bsky.social•79 days ago

That depends. If your policies are at least <--------> this racist you should be fine.

adamscantwell.bsky.social•80 days ago

Sure is, Vlad

grissallia.bsky.social•80 days ago

What could possibly go wrong?

zython.bsky.social•80 days ago

Their desire for authoritarianism and austerity have combined together to the political philosophical equivalent of running a blender without the lid on.

carmencita100.bsky.social•80 days ago

Pretty much

dr-ohm.bsky.social•80 days ago

Make sure to insist that your Allies somehow owe you "protection money" and push them to the point where they form an alliance AGAINST you, don't forget that step

usspcrichardandson.bsky.social•79 days ago

should I also decimate our government's wildly popular old-age pension program, have an Oval Office international incident, and threaten war and economic ruin for both of the allies and vital trade partners that I share land borders with? there's this little freak on ketamine telling me I should

diidelphiis.bsky.social•78 days ago

one of the countries were sabre-rattling at has a bunch of paramilitaries that are particularly hostile to us. that’s fine right?

lexultimaveritas.bsky.social•80 days ago

They’re trying to start the tribulation on purpose and it’s starting to look like they might get their wish.

glittertooth.bsky.social•80 days ago

I don't think this will work, I think you should make sure to threaten the use corn syrup and maybe upset big pharma

abbykoch.bsky.social•80 days ago

You should consider suing media companies that say things you don’t like, I hear a person can raise a lot of money that way AND chills further speech you don’t like. It’s a two-fer!

jeff-notheotherone.bsky.social•80 days ago

Sir, somewhere in your busy schedule, do make time to network with the rich power brokers who will totally support you but fully expect to be showered with gifts like control of entire industries

8blessings.bsky.social•80 days ago

nighthawkdanger.bsky.social•80 days ago

I think as long as a great deal of power isn’t delegated to state and local authorities, including the administration of elections, you should be fine

veteranvandal.bsky.social•79 days ago

It wasn't that robust to be honest. Nothing with the electoral college can be called robust.

johnwgant.bsky.social•80 days ago

Solid!!!!

raceandrelations.bsky.social•79 days ago

Yep. That sounds about right.

daveinohio.bsky.social•80 days ago

don't forget to deprive the proles of their mood-regulating drugs

skunkworx1995.bsky.social•80 days ago

Also can’t forget to make sure the form you make them sign to take possession of firearms legally, isn’t followed up on in any meaningful fashion, and that there is basically no regulation on the amount or type of ammunition that can be legally bought.

cybrogtribe.bsky.social•80 days ago

My advice would be to go on podcasts and just claim any problems were from the previous ruling party.

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