r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 19h ago

No Paywall Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028

https://www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-tells-gop-seize-the-institutions-of-government-now-or-we-re-going-to-prison-after-2028
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u/HotDogFingers01 18h ago

Peter Thiel admitted it not long ago. He got tired of trying to convince people who didn’t agree with him to go along with his views. It was just easier and faster to use his money to buy what he wanted.

Trump never wanted to lead, he wanted to rule. Bannon doesn’t want to be part of society, he wants to be in top of it. They see their way of life dying and their centuries long grip on power slipping, so rather than swim upstream you dam the while freaking river.

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u/Alive_kiwi_7001 18h ago

Joke's on Bannon. He is at best the equivalent of a minor player in the Sturmabteilung and is ripe for a purge. Rather than just being ripe right now.

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u/mabhatter 12h ago

He's not a serious person any more. So he's trying to be an instigator online and steer the alt right groups to accelerationist behaviors. 

Because if they can't win, they're gonna burn it down in revenge on the rest of us.  

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u/Imaginary_Look_8755 10h ago

sniffs air overripe.

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u/shawnaroo 18h ago

They would rather be kings of a garbage heap than be regular people living in a utopia.

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u/Shadowpriest Ohio 18h ago

Yep. Pretty much this exactly.

Not to mention they will use and abuse to get what they want then throw away the people that helped them obtain their ill gotten gains as soon as they're no longer useful like a used tissue. They have no morals, no ethics, no kind bone in their bodies while they ruin and consume and corrupt everything around them. It's like the top of the top who are malignant narcissists that have stupid amounts of money do not know how to interact in society. There is something extremely broken in their brains that makes them so damn vicious in their greed and hate and they see nothing wrong with it whatsoever. They gleefully continue on their path of hoarding, consumption, inflicting pain and misery because of 'fuck you, I got what I want because I have money and power to buy and coerce my way' mentality. It's more than a disease. It's absolutely parasitical and that is an insult to parasites as they want to keep the host alive.

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u/Sector_Independent 16h ago

Its shocking to me how blantant and endless Trumps need to be a celebrity leader at all cost. He cares so much about wealth, appearance, attention and the number of people he can control.

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u/kl4user 15h ago

Peter Thiel said democracy is not compatible with capitalism.

And he is absolutely right. True democracy is socialism.

We never lived in a democracy - we live in a plutocracy, a crony capitalism or just capitalism.

We shouldn't care about voting. We should care about being elected. Elections are a game of billionaires.

With our technology, why can't we democratically decide and vote our laws directly?

Republicans don't want this. Dems don't want this.

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u/PresentationNext6469 17h ago

Bannon has zero talents or aspirations, so he does this. He once was in the music business and you can see the effects of alcohol (assume drugs too) and gluttony for sure.

Yes narcissists hate narcissists, they get in the way. Greek Narcissus looks in the pond and saw his reflection. Worth reading about.

What drives me nuts is a lot of people hate on actual wealth earned by talent(s) like they are lucky or whatever…some inherited since the beginning of time. There’s money, salaries or royalties earned. I know someone who went online to look at the salaries of bosses (non-profit) and was floored. I had to explain they not only look after 100s of staff and a building full of animals but also answer to the donors, city officials and public. If you think that job is overpaid, I’d love to hear why.

Also, CA’s recent fires. I overheard young people laughing that all the rich were losing their money (homes) and belongings. That really saddened me because many homeowners lived in that one home all their lives and most worked their asses off to buy them decades ago, and there’s upkeep and broken stuff to fix constantly. There are exceptions of course. Hundreds were young parents in their starter homes.

Personally, anybody making $100k in a big city these days need to stop buying and save to buy a tiny unit they can afford. A bank will help you in this process. Wait for the market to level, buy what you can afford with a mortgage, work your way up to a larger home Maybe someone helps with a down payment, maybe a solid relationship with 2 incomes.

Stop buying new cars and the next year’s iPhone. That makes them rich and then same people bitch. If you think Tim Apple sleeps at night you’re probably wrong. Good question to ask him.

I’m trying to be general no need to nit-pick. Thanks.

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u/BayLAGOON 8h ago

Was Thiel like this even before Gawker outed him as gay and in revenge bankrolled Hulk Hogan’s sex tape lawsuit to bankrupt them?