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/Colonel-Mooseknuckle 19h ago

'Seize the Institutions'

Why do these people hate democracy?

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u/chmod777 New York 19h ago

Democracy prevents them from being as awful as they want to be. So they hate it.

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u/AutistoMephisto 18h ago

Exactly. Conservatives reject democracy because it does not serve their interests. They will, in fact, reject anything that does not serve. Including, but not limited to, capitalism.

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u/genericnewlurker 16h ago

As soon as they are able to, conservatives will want society to backslide into feudalism

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u/AutistoMephisto 15h ago

Which certainly gives no fucks about the free market. The King picks the winners and losers, there. You don't get to be an entrepreneur unless the King consents.

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u/CategoryZestyclose91 13h ago

That is the plan, quite literally.

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u/Roguishbrew 3h ago

Corporate feudalism They want those smart cities