Trump is backed by billionaires whose new model for America is a bunch of distributed states, with different areas that are ruled by those billionaires who will become monarchs.
That’s what the Behind the Bastards episode on Curtis Yarvin said.
Isn’t this just… feudalism
Yes, but add Techno to the front in the worst way possible.
Yes it’s called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment
And most of the strings for it at this point are being pulled by Peter Thiel
I watched CBS or some outfit like that try to interview Curtis and dig deeper on the guy.
And all I could think is - JFC, the right is terrible at finding someone with even a smidge of coherent thinking. Curtis Yarvin is exactly the type of dipshit I thought he might be given what I was hearing about the guy. I remember way back when, Sam Harris interviewed that other total dumbass masquerading as some kind of vanguard for rightwing intellectualism: Jordan Peterson. And watching Curtis was a lot like that - a total hot mess and just infuriating to watch/listen to.
All I could think about either of them is - just who the fuck is worshipping these assholes? They both come off like incoherent dumbfucks that apparently didn’t learn or understand critical thinking, don’t really seem to understand anything about philosophy (but sure claim to) and generally come off as someone maybe a freshman during a bong session might consider very deep, but just faceplant when confronted by anyone with even a modicum of understanding of these things - see Jordan Peterson’s recent bellyflop when “debating” those atheists. Holy fuck is he an idiot.
Curtis somehow seems even stupider than Jordan Peterson.
Corporate feudalism.
Its just fucken Cyberpunk 2020 except theres no cool cyborg parts.
Sounds like a prelude to the Hunger Games
It’s already authoritarianism.
Not a step towards it. We’re already there. I don’t get this reluctance to call a spade a spade until someone’s using it to shovel dirt on the commenter having already dug the grave with it in their presence.
Capitalists always thinking “I better leave a back door open here in case this turns into an opportunity…”
We were there years ago. I’m Canadian. In our parliament we have opposition. Sure, it’s not always effective and it can slow things down. However, having opposition in government means that the hasty, bad decisions need a moment to be considered by everyone. I know it doesn’t always work, but it IS important. The American Democrats should be a gateway that filters out personal and political missteps. Looks like a little grease on those wheels keeps conservatives rolling right though any would-be regulation.
Step towards? No. We’re well past the line. This is authoritarianism, but without a major revolution of some kind, it is going to worse. Much, much worse.
What would he even be arrested for? All this is something created entirely by donvict and his POS minions like Stephen Miller.
There will be more governors that Trump calls for to be arrested.
Politicians pointing out Trumps “Authoritarianism” are dumb and complicit… dont just criticize, do something. LEAD.
Some of you lemmy users really are keyboard warriors. I understand your frustration with what’s going on but your call for violence just shows you don’t actually care about people’s lives. The people of California are just numbers to you.
Even though California is the symbol of liberalism, it is still one of the largest populations of conservatives in the country. Newsome has a duty to all residents of the state, not just liberals. All out civil war is not a decision to make so lightly.
If you feel so strongly feel free to get off Lemmy and go fight. I really feel the same people calling for him to do more are the same people who voted 3rd party. Just an utter lack of any critical thinking.
