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Yes, not sure if you saw the latest Tucker / Megan Kelly talk....it was basically exclusively about that.
I actually found the discussion nuanced and interesting (unlike 99% of normal political commentary), they each had a different view of it, but essentially it was an acknowledgement that our republic has run its course and now we've moved to the next phase.
The discussion got me thinking: All successful republics wind up as Imperial structures, all unsuccessful republics are called "dictatorships".
I think the 30,000ft view of this should be: R vs D politics need to now go out the window. It honestly doesn't matter anymore (I mean look at Trump, now he is working with Elizabeth Warren to limit credit card charges)....the only thing that matters is "is this person serious and will they intelligently advance the empire?"
This rules out entire classes of politicians. AOC, Crocket, etc are unserious people who cannot and should not be allowed to wield imperial power. They are not respected and they are not intelligent enough to play on the grand chessboard. The fact they arose to positions in Congress is indicative of how inconsequential congress is...you can actually staff it with larpers....
When taken with this view, it makes perfect sense. For the last 50 years, Congress has outsourced all of its power to "the agencies" (OSHA, DEA, FCC, etc)....all of those wind up under Executive branch....thus power has collected into the Executive position.
There is no putting the toothpaste back in the tube. We need to be clear-headed about where we are and where we are going.
My first reaction to Trump talking about making Greenland and Canada and Panama parts of America was “Oh, we’re entering the territorial overextension phase of the American Empire.”
Notice as well, how accepting the public is of the idea....
Remember that Julius Caesar was a patrician (noble birth) who was loved by the plebs because he was a populist and set himself against the senate.
I'm not explicitly comparing Trump to Julius Caesar, but I think its always that dynamic / archetype that arises. The senate becomes more and more useless and more and more corrupt until finally someone arrives to "consolidate power" and the public rallies around them because: in the end order is prized over chaos.
As they say, history doesn't repeat but it certainly rhymes....
It’ll kinda be scary when the next leftist president gets in and does a million executive orders to push thru insane policies
A little, but this Supreme Court will shoot a lot of those down and a bunch of red states will refuse to cooperate.
Fair. Seems politics on both sides are pushing to the far edges. Nationalism and communism lol
The trend has been towards an imperial presidency. Trump is just the latest data point.