"Alex Karp is part of a new breed of Silicon Valley billionaires seeking to integrate their businesses with America's military-industrial complex, while dismantling the government and championing deregulation of the economy. Though he's not yet as famous as his peers like Musk and Thiel, he's just as dangerous"
Invariably, one encounters in these MAGA cultists a brazen unwillingness or inability to explain themselves. Their poverty of language indicates, in almost every case, a poverty of ideas—of historical knowledge, moral imagination, and much else. Instead of explaining their actions, they grind down their critics with inane boasts and impossible lies. https://open.substack.com/pub/samharris/p/failure-of-character?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=22d229
because Sissy SpaceX refuses to take care of his own newborn baby, what hope is there for any of us?
the perfect descriptor for these times: deliquescence.
#uspol #ukpol #oligarchy #technofeudalism #language
Absolutely chilling.
Substitute "Democrat" for "foreign student" or "trans," because that's where this is headed.
The #TrumpRegime do NOT believe in #Freedom
They believe in #Power and #Control
#MAGA does NOT mean Freedom for #WeThePeople, it means Freedom for the #Oligarchy to operate above #TheRuleOfLaw
#MOBILIZE, #WAKEUP, #RESIST, #VOTE
#musk the enemy of #democracy worldwide. #elon is in full attack on the free nations of #europe pushing #fascism by the right in many nations. Fight NOW!
#antifa #oligarchy #fakenews #conspiracy #eattherich #accelerationism #racism #fraud #uk #germany #italy #hungary #france
https://youtu.be/HJve5dvI5CQ?si=LglRnPkg6dmN2U52
@gleick it never was a #democracy to begin with, but an #oligarchy to, begin with!
The video below is excellent. Well worth the time.
#economy #capitalism #politics #socialMedia #postCapitalism #oligarchy
https://hartmannreport.com/p/were-in-the-final-act-of-americas-931?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
We’re in the Final Act of America’s Third Oligarchic Backlash
And this one ends with either democracy renewed — or democracy erased…
This is the consequence of #America's broken campaign finance regulations...oligarchy.
…One of #Trump's first acts…was to create #DOGE, [supposedly] to root out waste, fraud & abuse, slash govt spending & purge the federal workforce of low-performing, *disloyal* & unnecessary workers.
…In practice,…DOGE has mostly pursued long-time #Republican #policy objectives, shuttering agencies such as #USAID & the #CFPB, which provide a lifeline to the world's needy & protect Americans from unscrupulous lenders respectively.
"Authorizing a #Musk-controlled agency like #OPM to hire a driver while slashing essential #FederalWorkers who actually help Americans in need is a good example."
The #Trump admin, #DOGE, Musk & Ezell did not respond to requests for comment. An OPM spox said in a statement that the agency "has ongoing security concerns" requiring a driver, w/o providing further detail.
If we can make Elon realise just how loathed across the world he really is, we could break him.
He is weak, the World's Richest Man is emotionally stunted and vulnerable, this is the photon torpedo down the exhaust port of Musk's death star.
…The decision shows that #Musk's Department of Government *Efficiency*, which is directing the cuts, is not making the government more effective, said Kathleen Clark, a professor of #ethics at WashU in St. Louis.
"It is becoming increasingly obvious that Musk’s & #DOGE’s mission has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, & instead is aimed at enabling Musk to use - & abuse - #power within the federal government," she said.
#politics #trump #alt #economy #oligarchy #security #confederacy #Signal #thirdterm
Heather Cox Richardson Oligarchy vs 80 Years of Stability
3/30/25
Interview: "Fire the unelected social media dictators: Cory Doctorow on tech and US politics"
"Elon Musk’s rise to power in the United States is emblematic of the expanding power of Big Tech".
Analysis: "Trump's War on Education"
""Trump’s assault on education comes out of the playbook used by all authoritarian regimes."
Read by Eunice Wong
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumps-war-on-education-read-by-eunice
@aspensmonster https://youtu.be/i8F5FgernVY?si=xmfLSNr0ISbA8Xrd
All #capitalism is bad. All #liberals and #liberalismm are fascists. The American empire is pure evil. #communists #comumerism #socialism is good. All #imperialism and #nationalism is bad. #BernieSanders #aoc #AOC2028 #berlin are still hard right liberals. There to preserve the #dictatorshipoftherich #bourgeoisie #oligarchy to keep us from #revolution we need our own #lenin #stalin #mao #socialism #socialistsunday #antifascism #antimperism
