I think it's as deep as this, and more. Much, much more. #politics #treason
"After all, it’s not like we’ve never had a coup attempt before in this country: wealthy industrialists tried to kidnap or kill President Franklin Roosevelt 91 years ago and turn America into an Italian/German-style fascist state “friendly to capitalism.” Not a single one of those conspirators were ever arrested or tried; why not try again?"
https://hartmannreport.com/p/what-if-trumps-conspiracy-was-way
@BrentSullivan
Politics is inherently Machiavellian. We good boy/girl scouts that think it shouldn't be that way are naive. But not wrong.
...citing Strauss, that “political life may be closely linked to deception. Indeed, it suggests that deception is the norm in political life, and the hope, to say nothing of the expectation, of establishing a politics that can dispense with it is the exception.”
@FireMonkey
Feeling a little nihilistic today?
Agree politics can be a playground for bad actors.
We don't have to accept Machiavellian or Straussisn philosophy or actions.
@BrentSullivan
Today?
Just today?
:^/
Yes. I read it and thought... oh, this is all what I expect to be true... at the least.
This article does a good job of providing some support for these broader elements.
Thom Hartmann is a daily necessity for me. I catch his 3 hour show most days, and get his newsletters.
@FireMonkey
Just as Bush's Office of Special Plans echoed Reagan's Team B
That which isn't punished is repeated
https://dissidentvoice.org/2013/04/the-victory-of-the-noble-lie/