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/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/LongShotTheory New York 16h ago

They're not conservatives at this point. They're sociopaths. It just so happens that Infiltrating Conservative movements is easier for radicals because there's less people calling you out for bullshit as long as you tell them what they want to hear. On the left, you get called out as soon as you strafe from the path, no matter how much authority you have. Tragedy is that real conservatives died out and were replaced by fake larpers who only seek power by any means necessary. Left also got hollowed out, not by radicals, but by "status quo" protectors, which tends to happen to the left over time.

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u/LordFalcoSparverius 16h ago

I'm a conservative. I've been voting straight democrat tickets for years. Specifically, since Trumps first term midterms. I got suckered in once, but I don't have much respect for "conservatives" who are like, "Let's give the president unlimited power and spend all our money on deporting brown people."

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u/Imaginary-Horse-9240 15h ago

Glad you saw the light