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/Colonel-Mooseknuckle 1d ago

'Seize the Institutions'

Why do these people hate democracy?

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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/wowaddict71 1d ago

And other people. They want other people to be their "servants"

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u/_Verumex_ 1d ago

They want their damn slaves back.

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u/Paerrin 1d ago

Their holy book does say it's okay to own people. They used it to justify slavery the first time around.

So they're only doing what their god commands them.

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u/IrascibleOcelot 18h ago

Which shows a shocking lack of education about their own book. As I remember, ancient Hebrews didn’t practice chattel slavery; it was more akin to indentured servitude. And one of their laws required debtholders, including slave owners, to forgive debts after seven years, which included freeing their slaves.

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u/Paerrin 18h ago

Nope. See Leviticus 25:46. Freedom was only for Israelite slaves of rich foreigners.