When the whole "why yuo still make debt go up?" kerfuffle happened after "DOGE", I could almost squint and see a legitimate political philosophy and a propaganda-addled political noob who just didn't understand what the Republican party has been practicing (vs preaching) for decades.
But continuing to plow support into a movement that openly hates this country while acting on it? About the only good faith narrative/ideology I can come up with is that he's angling for anarcho-capitalism with the US Government falling by the wayside. Except with bedfellows of religious fundamentalists and foreign malevolent actors also angling for the downfall of the US for their own different motives, it should be glaringly apparent that it's not going to be some peaceful transition to an idyllic world of less government. Rather it's just going to be an utter collapse with other power structures filling the vacuum. Good luck trying to have your corpos take on this role after they no longer have the US military at their disposal, but still need to compete with the other nation-state militaries that will still exist.
I guess the distinction doesn't matter if you're wealthy enough that the conditions of most people's everyday lives don't affect you? And he's sufficiently invested in China (ie the next hegemon after the Republican project runs its course) that he figures he'll have a place in that order as well?
mindslight•27m ago
But continuing to plow support into a movement that openly hates this country while acting on it? About the only good faith narrative/ideology I can come up with is that he's angling for anarcho-capitalism with the US Government falling by the wayside. Except with bedfellows of religious fundamentalists and foreign malevolent actors also angling for the downfall of the US for their own different motives, it should be glaringly apparent that it's not going to be some peaceful transition to an idyllic world of less government. Rather it's just going to be an utter collapse with other power structures filling the vacuum. Good luck trying to have your corpos take on this role after they no longer have the US military at their disposal, but still need to compete with the other nation-state militaries that will still exist.
I guess the distinction doesn't matter if you're wealthy enough that the conditions of most people's everyday lives don't affect you? And he's sufficiently invested in China (ie the next hegemon after the Republican project runs its course) that he figures he'll have a place in that order as well?