While Donald Trump started his mass deportations and trade wars with Colombia, Elon Musk appeared at a German far-right rally with words about forgiveness and moving on.
It is quite clear that Musk's goal is brainwashing and he has the platform. Think about it. He has more money than he needs for now but he seeks influence and power and has taken a big first step to buy his way into a position of putative authority. I think of him as a combination of Trump's Rasputin and Joseph Goebbels.
Consumers can do a lot by purchasing nothing that would profit him. Sell all stock owned in any of his companies. If you have mutual funds, be certain none invest in Musk's businesses.
I understand your disdain for Schumer and McConnell, although I think the latter is far worse. I don't live in NY or Kentucky. But if you're calling to call those two out, how about the millions of people who have been voting them in year after year after year. Don't they bear a huge amount of responsibility for keeping both of them employed?
IT IS WE THE AMERCAN NATION THAT HAS ALWAYS MADE FASCISM FASHIONABLE but we didn't know it until now. Our Brand of Obscene Capitalism encouraged and lured Fascism to come out and it did, at last.
OUR BRAND of Capitalism is like no other---it caused Fascism ...and will always now and forevermore continue to bring us another trump, another fascist!, The Maniacal madman has 1,500 thugs as his personal army, an armed militia to serve as the tip of the spear to make sure he is dictator for life...There are millions and millions of others willing to slaughter us all, anyone opposed to him, and die gladly for trump.
I recently read that the Proud Boys who have been released are planning retribution against the people who had any part in putting them in prison. I find that to be terrifying. I assume that means witnesses, the judges, the police officers, anyone they choose to terrorize. And, I assume they plan to kill those people.
The lexicon has changed. Fascism is not the case here according to the current definition by noted authorities on authoritarianism. An old term, fascism is now defined as having a series of known attributes. Some of those are missing from today’s Republican throng. What we have here are psychopathic neo-fascists, by definition. This post will explain, and also covers why we need to standardize the lexicon for the battlefield.
I would recommend reading the book by the late Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, entitled Fascism a Warning (2018). There's a passage where Hitler demands an Enabling Law from the Reichstag which would give him the authority to rule by decree. (I could imagine Trump trying to do that. He wanted Congress to recess so he could make appointments to his cabinet without the Senate interviewing them and voting.) This passage starts on page 29 and ends on page 31:
On the morning of March 23, 1933, an enormous banner stretched across the front wall of the Kroll Opera House, in Berlin. At its center was a giant swastika, symbol of the Nazis. The Opera House was the temporary home of the Reichstag, the German Parliament, whose permanent headquarters had been ravaged by arson four weeks earlier. Approaching the lectern was the country’s new chancellor, an Austrian by birth, who on January 30 had assumed power not via popular acclaim but because he commanded the most violent gangs and had Communists for enemies. The building in which he was about to speak was guarded on the outside by Heinrich Himmler’s secret police and on the inside by the brown-shirted Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi paramilitary force, already larger than the German army.
Adolf Hitler spoke quietly, in a soothing tone. The forty-three-year-old appealed to the legislators for their trust, hoping that they would not think too hard before voting themselves into oblivion. His goal was to secure approval of a law authorizing him to ignore the constitution, bypass the Reichstag, and govern by decree. He assured his listeners that they had nothing to worry about; his party had no intention of undermining German institutions. Should they pass the law, the parliament would remain intact, freedom of speech would be unhindered, the rights of the Church would not be altered, and Christian values would, as ever, still be cherished. The powers requested under the “Law for Removing the Distress of the People and Reich” would be used only to shield the country from its adversaries. There was no need for concern: legislators could count on the Nazis to act in good faith.
The chancellor sat down so that the leaders of other parties could have their say. One by one, the Catholics, conservatives, and centrists fell in line and slipped Hitler’s bit between their teeth. Only the spokesman for the Social Democrats resisted, saying that to be defenseless did not mean to be without honor. Hitler, no longer the conciliator, stormed back to the rostrum. “I do not want your votes,” he screamed at the Socialists. “The star of Germany is in the ascendant, yours is about to disappear, your death knell has sounded.”
The legislators cast their votes, approving the Enabling Law by a wide margin. Within weeks, the compliant political parties were abolished and the Socialists put under arrest. The Third Reich had begun.
I wonder if Musk is part of a plan to distract us from the demolition of Federal agencies that is starting. I don’t think people fully realize how much danger lies ahead, and Musk just seems like a vaudeville act to distract us.
Why did Donald Trump assist Iranian and other terrorists to kill people he doesn’t like, by taking away their security details? In the case of Mike Pompeo former director of the FBI, he helped Trump assassinate an Iranian general during Trump’s first term. Iran has a contract to kill Mike Pompeo in retribution for that act. So why would Trump repay an FBI Director he just fired—who for some reason he’s decided was not loyal enough to him, as if he were some kind of dictator—by handing him a potential Iranian death warrant? What kind of president does such a thing? It’s not worthy of the office. Its immoral. And it’s un-American to say the least. Then there is Dr. Fauci, who saved countless thousands of lives during the COVID Pandemic. As we can never forget, Trump and his right wing cronies stirred up culture wars of hatred against Dr. Fauci, because he Trump needed a scape goat to blame his own incompetence in managing the pandemic on. So they made up baseless claims against Dr. Fauci, and sent out their right wing goon squads to threaten to kill him and his family. What kind of president and his staff would come up with such an underhanded demented and dastardly plan as taking away his security detail, so that he could be killed? Or even just making him pay to have his own. Thats is just ungrateful at best. And distracting him for all the good he did America. Someone who has no business being president that’s who. And there are others. But you get the picture. Trump has an evil heart and a treacherous mind. And should never have been let anywhere hear the Oval Office. Trump himself is a dire threat from within to our society and oiur beloved country in any number of ways. He should be impeached and removed from office once and for all.
Gaza's fate is our future. Palestinians were sitting on land too valuable for the oligarchs to ignore. What Israel has dared to do has Trump salivating.
But it gets worse. Why is Musk so hot for going to Mars? Is he just a crazy-ass sci-fi freak? Consider what the earth will be like when our all-powerful rich have their way with it unfettered. It won't be fit to live on. Those who can, will need a place to go.
It is still hard for me to comprehend the mindset that produced the Holocaust. But even if I can't comprehend it and it's unthinkable, it existed. The Holocaust was very real. The mindset that gave the world the Holocaust is still within the mental capabilities of humankind - along with creativity.
Schumer needs to be put on blast every day until he finally finds his itty-bitty voice to say he has nothing to offer the people and is resigning his leadership to someone with a much bigger, fiery voice. I can see him wringing his hands all day every day, clueless about what to do.
Musk and Trump and both fascists hellbent on burning American democracy to the ground and scavenging its remains for their self-aggrandizement and profit. Shonda, shonda, shonda.
Mitch McConnell has been doing Satan’s work for as long as I can remember.
Hate him ALMOST as much as Dump.
It is quite clear that Musk's goal is brainwashing and he has the platform. Think about it. He has more money than he needs for now but he seeks influence and power and has taken a big first step to buy his way into a position of putative authority. I think of him as a combination of Trump's Rasputin and Joseph Goebbels.
Steve, why isn't anyone able to stop Musk? Is anyone even trying?
Consumers can do a lot by purchasing nothing that would profit him. Sell all stock owned in any of his companies. If you have mutual funds, be certain none invest in Musk's businesses.
To find out what he owns, click: https://www.madisontrust.com/information-center/visualizations/everything-elon-musk-owns/
Good job Steve! I get my money's worth from you.
I understand your disdain for Schumer and McConnell, although I think the latter is far worse. I don't live in NY or Kentucky. But if you're calling to call those two out, how about the millions of people who have been voting them in year after year after year. Don't they bear a huge amount of responsibility for keeping both of them employed?
IT IS WE THE AMERCAN NATION THAT HAS ALWAYS MADE FASCISM FASHIONABLE but we didn't know it until now. Our Brand of Obscene Capitalism encouraged and lured Fascism to come out and it did, at last.
Capitalism is fine but it has nothing to reign it in as brings a rot to our country.
OUR BRAND of Capitalism is like no other---it caused Fascism ...and will always now and forevermore continue to bring us another trump, another fascist!, The Maniacal madman has 1,500 thugs as his personal army, an armed militia to serve as the tip of the spear to make sure he is dictator for life...There are millions and millions of others willing to slaughter us all, anyone opposed to him, and die gladly for trump.
Pam, look hard....
I recently read that the Proud Boys who have been released are planning retribution against the people who had any part in putting them in prison. I find that to be terrifying. I assume that means witnesses, the judges, the police officers, anyone they choose to terrorize. And, I assume they plan to kill those people.
Let the creeps try. I cannot wait to see their sorry asses back in jail forever.
Losers, all of them including their disgusting President.
Who knows. We, the government, contained them for years but now they have been accepted into society. They just like making war.
Steve...you are on fire brother....thank the GODS we have someone like you speaking out for us.....subscribe and share this.
I am actually having anxiety attacks which I haven’t had in years. In the winter of my life I hate to leave my country like this.
The lexicon has changed. Fascism is not the case here according to the current definition by noted authorities on authoritarianism. An old term, fascism is now defined as having a series of known attributes. Some of those are missing from today’s Republican throng. What we have here are psychopathic neo-fascists, by definition. This post will explain, and also covers why we need to standardize the lexicon for the battlefield.
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/i-will-call-the-dnc-today?r=3m1bs
Hi Carl, good point yet “Fascism” works for me. Actually, “Nazism” really hits it.
I would recommend reading the book by the late Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, entitled Fascism a Warning (2018). There's a passage where Hitler demands an Enabling Law from the Reichstag which would give him the authority to rule by decree. (I could imagine Trump trying to do that. He wanted Congress to recess so he could make appointments to his cabinet without the Senate interviewing them and voting.) This passage starts on page 29 and ends on page 31:
On the morning of March 23, 1933, an enormous banner stretched across the front wall of the Kroll Opera House, in Berlin. At its center was a giant swastika, symbol of the Nazis. The Opera House was the temporary home of the Reichstag, the German Parliament, whose permanent headquarters had been ravaged by arson four weeks earlier. Approaching the lectern was the country’s new chancellor, an Austrian by birth, who on January 30 had assumed power not via popular acclaim but because he commanded the most violent gangs and had Communists for enemies. The building in which he was about to speak was guarded on the outside by Heinrich Himmler’s secret police and on the inside by the brown-shirted Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi paramilitary force, already larger than the German army.
Adolf Hitler spoke quietly, in a soothing tone. The forty-three-year-old appealed to the legislators for their trust, hoping that they would not think too hard before voting themselves into oblivion. His goal was to secure approval of a law authorizing him to ignore the constitution, bypass the Reichstag, and govern by decree. He assured his listeners that they had nothing to worry about; his party had no intention of undermining German institutions. Should they pass the law, the parliament would remain intact, freedom of speech would be unhindered, the rights of the Church would not be altered, and Christian values would, as ever, still be cherished. The powers requested under the “Law for Removing the Distress of the People and Reich” would be used only to shield the country from its adversaries. There was no need for concern: legislators could count on the Nazis to act in good faith.
The chancellor sat down so that the leaders of other parties could have their say. One by one, the Catholics, conservatives, and centrists fell in line and slipped Hitler’s bit between their teeth. Only the spokesman for the Social Democrats resisted, saying that to be defenseless did not mean to be without honor. Hitler, no longer the conciliator, stormed back to the rostrum. “I do not want your votes,” he screamed at the Socialists. “The star of Germany is in the ascendant, yours is about to disappear, your death knell has sounded.”
The legislators cast their votes, approving the Enabling Law by a wide margin. Within weeks, the compliant political parties were abolished and the Socialists put under arrest. The Third Reich had begun.
I wonder if Musk is part of a plan to distract us from the demolition of Federal agencies that is starting. I don’t think people fully realize how much danger lies ahead, and Musk just seems like a vaudeville act to distract us.
Why did Donald Trump assist Iranian and other terrorists to kill people he doesn’t like, by taking away their security details? In the case of Mike Pompeo former director of the FBI, he helped Trump assassinate an Iranian general during Trump’s first term. Iran has a contract to kill Mike Pompeo in retribution for that act. So why would Trump repay an FBI Director he just fired—who for some reason he’s decided was not loyal enough to him, as if he were some kind of dictator—by handing him a potential Iranian death warrant? What kind of president does such a thing? It’s not worthy of the office. Its immoral. And it’s un-American to say the least. Then there is Dr. Fauci, who saved countless thousands of lives during the COVID Pandemic. As we can never forget, Trump and his right wing cronies stirred up culture wars of hatred against Dr. Fauci, because he Trump needed a scape goat to blame his own incompetence in managing the pandemic on. So they made up baseless claims against Dr. Fauci, and sent out their right wing goon squads to threaten to kill him and his family. What kind of president and his staff would come up with such an underhanded demented and dastardly plan as taking away his security detail, so that he could be killed? Or even just making him pay to have his own. Thats is just ungrateful at best. And distracting him for all the good he did America. Someone who has no business being president that’s who. And there are others. But you get the picture. Trump has an evil heart and a treacherous mind. And should never have been let anywhere hear the Oval Office. Trump himself is a dire threat from within to our society and oiur beloved country in any number of ways. He should be impeached and removed from office once and for all.
Gaza's fate is our future. Palestinians were sitting on land too valuable for the oligarchs to ignore. What Israel has dared to do has Trump salivating.
But it gets worse. Why is Musk so hot for going to Mars? Is he just a crazy-ass sci-fi freak? Consider what the earth will be like when our all-powerful rich have their way with it unfettered. It won't be fit to live on. Those who can, will need a place to go.
It is still hard for me to comprehend the mindset that produced the Holocaust. But even if I can't comprehend it and it's unthinkable, it existed. The Holocaust was very real. The mindset that gave the world the Holocaust is still within the mental capabilities of humankind - along with creativity.
Have a nice day.
Schumer needs to be put on blast every day until he finally finds his itty-bitty voice to say he has nothing to offer the people and is resigning his leadership to someone with a much bigger, fiery voice. I can see him wringing his hands all day every day, clueless about what to do.
Musk and Trump and both fascists hellbent on burning American democracy to the ground and scavenging its remains for their self-aggrandizement and profit. Shonda, shonda, shonda.