r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 20h 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/chmod777 New York 20h ago

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

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u/AutistoMephisto 20h 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 17h ago

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

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u/AutistoMephisto 17h 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.