Trump and Musk are waging a war on intelligent government. - ThreadSky

davidcorn.bsky.social • 44 days ago

Trump and Musk are waging a war on intelligent government.

Trump is eliminating Wilson Center, a stellar US foreign policy study establishment. Along with it goes the Kennan Institute - one of the best Russia study institutions.
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss

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hutin-puylo.bsky.social•44 days ago

Dictators only have as much freedom as their population let them.

madbarchetta.bsky.social•44 days ago

It's a war on intelligence and knowledge. Period.

They fear what they don't understand.

adybee.bsky.social•43 days ago

First , they fascinate the fools …

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debcor22.bsky.social•44 days ago

As well as on an informed citizenry. It was only a matter of time before he went after libraries.
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/03/ala-statement-white-house-assault-institute-museum-and-library-services?_zs=WJ2qk1&_zl=2Oa7A

jozienty.bsky.social•44 days ago

And museums, as well. Test down the government and the cultural repositories.

snowharp60.bsky.social•43 days ago

Musk is like a fox in the hen house.

captain-corona.bsky.social•44 days ago

Intelligence is always a threat to fascist dictators.

mc2020.bsky.social•44 days ago

They're waging a war on the United States.
And we let them.

johngage1.bsky.social•44 days ago

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”

-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

scottklosterman.bsky.social•44 days ago

of all the shithole countries, we seem intent on becoming the shitholiest

saralynac.bsky.social•43 days ago

WE MUST NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!!!!!!!

sabr070476.bsky.social•44 days ago

They want the masses to be ignorant of history, political science, and culture. They want the majority to lack basic critical thinking and analytical skills. They want a citizenry that obeys regardless of the harm imposed upon them.

bergerbeebs.bsky.social•44 days ago

So ... just like trump, in other words.

bigmarsh.bsky.social•41 days ago

https://www.peoplevmusk.com

comtechdiagnostics.bsky.social•43 days ago

Republicans are Trump accomplices. They are all in this together. Remember.

This would all STOP if they objected. Treat them accordingly!

They are becoming the enemy.

ltlging.bsky.social•44 days ago

Let's think for a minute who this benefits.

nccook.bsky.social•44 days ago

A man who doesn't read has no appreciation for scholars of any kind. If it's not on TV, it's not relevant to him.

rbsnst.bsky.social•43 days ago

Trump translation…….who needs expertise

jozienty.bsky.social•44 days ago

Uhmm, they’re waging a war on intelligence in general.

georgirgirl.bsky.social•44 days ago

They are waging a war on their own people, that’s Anti American! People have to stand up to save Democracy!

jester4rent.bsky.social•44 days ago

Welcome to the USSA

burtonad.bsky.social•44 days ago

That’s going to be hard for them because they don’t know what it looks like.

get-real.bsky.social•44 days ago

They would have no clue on this micro matter…this shows that Putin is in charge. 💯

wickedsuzanna.bsky.social•44 days ago

This explains everything

bethindallas.bsky.social•43 days ago

Anything exceptional

patti-obrien.bsky.social•44 days ago

Soon there won't be anything left but Ultimate Fighting and Trump properties. He fucking hates this whole country.

ericmichaelmoberg.bsky.social•44 days ago

“When authoritarians promise a return to an imaginary past, they stoke a furious nostalgia in those who have no better way to understand what is actually undermining their sense of a durable and meaningful future.”

—Judith Butler

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n06/judith-butler/this-is-wrong?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20250307icymi&utm_content=20250307icymi+CID_14dbc7d45094dff130c0c187a9b2e306&utm_source=LRB%20email&utm_term=Read%20more

abbylynn55.bsky.social•44 days ago

🤬

sudoyle2.bsky.social•43 days ago

Dismantling democracy piece by piece.

gibfish.bsky.social•44 days ago

Trump and Musk, or as I call them, Thing 1 and Thing 2.

speedbirdbob.bsky.social•44 days ago

Intellect will become the refugee. Other countries will be salivating at the rich pool of talent looking to relocate.

scdanis.bsky.social•44 days ago

I believe many of these organizations will come back. I have to hope that scholars will save the archives, contacts, publications, and develop a skeleton team to keep it going as best they can--or seek private funding. Once sanity has returned to America, they will return.

juliecheckoway.bsky.social•44 days ago

This is just criminal to me. The best minds. Literally.

chrisschum.bsky.social•44 days ago

Is someone responsible for keeping a list of everything that needs to be restored once this nightmare is over?

debcor22.bsky.social•44 days ago

I'm looking for one too.

perrymonster.bsky.social•44 days ago

It took nearly a century to put it all into place. Only a small percentage will be restored.

chrisschum.bsky.social•44 days ago

🥺

perrymonster.bsky.social•44 days ago

I understand. I took no pleasure in typing that out.

perrymonster.bsky.social•44 days ago

Apparently, they are too stupid to realize how important knowing how the world works is.

survivingmyway.bsky.social•44 days ago

They’re waging war on our entire country. We have to ask, on whose behalf?

sandraeb.bsky.social•43 days ago

Trump got his orders from Putin

lukechedleh.bsky.social•44 days ago

Russia Hoax!
Russia Hoax!
Russia Hoax!

ashbow.bsky.social•43 days ago

Authoritarian regimes are run by mafia surrounded by unqualified loyalists. They degrade expertise, science and knowledge. They make the life of the elite miserable to get them to leave the country

supermanlover-56.bsky.social•43 days ago

bergerbeebs.bsky.social•44 days ago

It's a war on intelligent everything!

waxtadpole.bsky.social•44 days ago

They're waging a war on anything and anyone critical - or potentially critical - of Russia. This is an all out sellout to Putin.

bebe4real.bsky.social•44 days ago

Too bad no one investigated the so called “secret” trump & Elon we’re promoting on the campaign to win the election

bebe4real.bsky.social•44 days ago

And nobody’s stopping him, sad

bluesky60.bsky.social•42 days ago

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/153L9Gtwip/

god-of-abf.bsky.social•43 days ago

Considering that most of Trump's voters are as dumb as the proverbial post... why are you surprised that he's trying to eliminate "intelligent government"?

It's like saying, "why doesn't the quarterback, (intentionally) pass to the other team?"

mikeae35.bsky.social•44 days ago

"Tell the boys to get the hicks out. Bring them in from the sticks".

Context:
This phrase is used by Willie Stark, a charismatic and manipulative political figure, to organize his supporters and mobilize them for his rallies and political campaigns.
Significance: "In All the King's Men".

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