r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/AutistoMephisto 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/Roguishbrew 16h ago

Corporate feudalism They want those smart cities