There is a type of person who appears to be a liberal to our perspective. I think of a specific Type, the sort that’s kinda plugged into the beltway. Sometimes like, a natsec bureaucrat type, you know? Not always, but I’ve noticed a lot of these “I miss how competent George W. was” liberals often have connections to these institutions that used to legitimize or execute power in a way the fascists have more or less looked at and found wanting.
They’re themselves probably pretty okay with fascism, probably actually are a fascist, but votes for democrats and believes in civility politics, as a pragmatic decision. They intrinsically understand how essential the illusion of democracy was to The Big Show in a way I think the fascists genuinely don’t understand, or are for their own reasons specifically trying to tear down, and this type finds that horrifying. Again because they know the basic pillars of a scam like the United States and they know that even a dumb working class will start to become ungovernable if these people fuck around too much.
They’re invested in the system as it was. They need Business As Usual for lots of reasons, but their bread and butter is being specifically fucked with and strangled in a way I don’t think they imagined was even possible.
So those folks are having a meltdown right now.
I just find it really funny, because George W Bush was like one of a succession of fascists who were basically clearing the forest so the data center could be built. They miss the days when the Managed Decline didn’t actually affect them. They see themselves as part of an apparatus that has been betrayed by these folks when it’s like… you REALLY didn’t realize that you were playing musical chairs and that you might find yourself unseated, did you?
There is a type of person who appears to be a liberal to our perspective. I think of a specific Type, the sort that’s kinda plugged into the beltway. Sometimes like, a natsec bureaucrat type, you know? Not always, but I’ve noticed a lot of these “I miss how competent George W. was” liberals often have connections to these institutions that used to legitimize or execute power in a way the fascists have more or less looked at and found wanting.
They’re themselves probably pretty okay with fascism, probably actually are a fascist, but votes for democrats and believes in civility politics, as a pragmatic decision. They intrinsically understand how essential the illusion of democracy was to The Big Show in a way I think the fascists genuinely don’t understand, or are for their own reasons specifically trying to tear down, and this type finds that horrifying. Again because they know the basic pillars of a scam like the United States and they know that even a dumb working class will start to become ungovernable if these people fuck around too much.
They’re invested in the system as it was. They need Business As Usual for lots of reasons, but their bread and butter is being specifically fucked with and strangled in a way I don’t think they imagined was even possible.
So those folks are having a meltdown right now.
I just find it really funny, because George W Bush was like one of a succession of fascists who were basically clearing the forest so the data center could be built. They miss the days when the Managed Decline didn’t actually affect them. They see themselves as part of an apparatus that has been betrayed by these folks when it’s like… you REALLY didn’t realize that you were playing musical chairs and that you might find yourself unseated, did you?