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Maybe some different sort of "autocracy". This is one possible integration of a variety of new ideas of what freedom (or something) is. Warning, I watched the entire thing but think just a few minutes would have had the same effect - scrambled brains: DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America It's OK, my brain renetted itself.
It seems many Americans are not yearning to eliminate government programs. From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American (02/15/2025):
"When asked, Americans say they don’t actually want to get rid of government programs. A late January poll from the Associated Press–NORC Center for Public Affairs Research—a gold-standard pollster for public attitudes—found that only about 29% of Americans wanted to see the elimination of a large number of federal jobs, with 40% opposed (29% had no opinion). Instead, 67% of adults believed the U.S. is spending too little on Social Security, 65% thought it was spending too little on education, 62% thought there is too little aid for the poor, 61% thought there is too little spending on Medicare, and 55% thought there is too little spending on Medicaid. Fifty-one percent thought the U.S. should spend more on border security."
"A January AP/NORC poll found that only 12% of U.S. adults thought it would be good for billionaires to advise presidents, while 60% thought it would be bad."
Per the OP article: "So House Democrats should say right now that Republicans have the majority in the House, Senate and White House, and are in charge—and they will get no votes from Democrats to bail them out on budgets, spending bills, continuing resolutions to avert government shutdowns, or extensions in the debt ceiling. They have the majority, let Johnson find a path forward with his own majority. "
This would at least be a start for the Dems. Not confident that they can get it together.
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DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America
It's OK, my brain renetted itself.
From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American (02/15/2025):
"When asked, Americans say they don’t actually want to get rid of government programs. A late January poll from the Associated Press–NORC Center for Public Affairs Research—a gold-standard pollster for public attitudes—found that only about 29% of Americans wanted to see the elimination of a large number of federal jobs, with 40% opposed (29% had no opinion). Instead, 67% of adults believed the U.S. is spending too little on Social Security, 65% thought it was spending too little on education, 62% thought there is too little aid for the poor, 61% thought there is too little spending on Medicare, and 55% thought there is too little spending on Medicaid. Fifty-one percent thought the U.S. should spend more on border security."
"A January AP/NORC poll found that only 12% of U.S. adults thought it would be good for billionaires to advise presidents, while 60% thought it would be bad."
"So House Democrats should say right now that Republicans have the majority in the House, Senate and White House, and are in charge—and they will get no votes from Democrats to bail them out on budgets, spending bills, continuing resolutions to avert government shutdowns, or extensions in the debt ceiling. They have the majority, let Johnson find a path forward with his own majority. "
This would at least be a start for the Dems. Not confident that they can get it together.