Musk and Trump are busy trying to destroy the civil service. Musk has installed 20 something "protegees" of Peter Thiel in OPM and the Treasury, all while firing career employees who are attemptingto do their jobs of protecting sensitive financial and personnel information, so EXCUSE ME if I don'tget all dewy eyed over your pollyanna-ish…
Musk and Trump are busy trying to destroy the civil service. Musk has installed 20 something "protegees" of Peter Thiel in OPM and the Treasury, all while firing career employees who are attemptingto do their jobs of protecting sensitive financial and personnel information, so EXCUSE ME if I don'tget all dewy eyed over your pollyanna-ish take that maybe Donnie's a far-sighted foreign policy maven.
And, Beattie's white supremacist and misogynistic comments are one bridge too far. But sure, throw American women and minorities under the bus.
Think of how well these “career employees” have been doing in managing the war on Gaza, or our relationship with Pakistan. What makes you think the people in charge of your tax info (or whatever else) are doing a better job?
Personally, I’ll take the whiz kid who won a global competition to decipher burnt scrolls from ancient Pompeii using AI, now working at DOGE with Musk to decipher government spending. Back in the days of the New Deal, all our best and brightest went to work in the FDR administration, to accomplish great things like the electrification of Tennessee. We could have that, again.
There's a lot of distance between FDR and Trump. When it comes to the ultra-rich, FDR said "I welcome their hatred." Trump gave them the best seats in the House for his inauguration. The ultra rich tried to run a coup against FDR and Trump is the guy running the coup. There's lots that need fixing but I wouldn't hold my breath expecting these creatures to fix any of it.
I don't think you know what the word "coup" means. Did FDR make some drastic changes in a time of great suffering and turmoil? Yes. He also got elected four times which means the people approved what he was doing. Yarvin doesn't believe in elections. I understand the idea that a highly intelligent person should be fully in charge without having to go through the rigmarole of an election. I thought I should be king of the world.. when I was 10!
Firstly, thanks for the link to the Curtis Yarvin interview. I've heard about him but I've never seen him interviewed. I was expecting some profound thinking but I realize he's just fluffer for spoiled rich tech people. Telling those people they are magnificent and should be running the world could be a lucrative pastime but trying to say that Anders Breivik and Nelson Mandela are comparable? That's just bizarre.
Secondly, yes, a coup can have popular support but I'm not clear on what coup you are in favor of.
I worked in the federal government for over 30 years. I swore an oath to uphold tht Constitution, and l had a security clearance. That clearance had to be renewed and I underwent background checks on a periodic basis.
That whiz kid might be genuinely brilliant. Does that brilliance include an understanding of human nature and empathy? Or does that brilliance come with an arrogance and disdain?
I don't defend the decisions that Biden made about Gaza. I think his policy on Gaza was absolutely disastrous.
Dismantling entire agencies and giving decision-making to people who are just as likely to be determined to implementban extreme agenda (Projrct 2025) is a radical course.
I didn't hear Grim make any assertions in favor of what he is covering in this article, and it's deeply weird to me that people in the comments seem to believe he did. Like, the very act of covering this stuff doesn't make someone in favor of it. You know that, right?
I suppose I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt because of his other journalism I've read, and the way I've seen him cover things in the past. It's always possible I'm being too generous/credulous, but I read it simply as him presenting this other person's ideas and interpretation of events, and saying "I don't don't know if it's true, but it's an interesting angle that I did not think to consider"
Musk and Trump are busy trying to destroy the civil service. Musk has installed 20 something "protegees" of Peter Thiel in OPM and the Treasury, all while firing career employees who are attemptingto do their jobs of protecting sensitive financial and personnel information, so EXCUSE ME if I don'tget all dewy eyed over your pollyanna-ish take that maybe Donnie's a far-sighted foreign policy maven.
And, Beattie's white supremacist and misogynistic comments are one bridge too far. But sure, throw American women and minorities under the bus.
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Think of how well these “career employees” have been doing in managing the war on Gaza, or our relationship with Pakistan. What makes you think the people in charge of your tax info (or whatever else) are doing a better job?
Personally, I’ll take the whiz kid who won a global competition to decipher burnt scrolls from ancient Pompeii using AI, now working at DOGE with Musk to decipher government spending. Back in the days of the New Deal, all our best and brightest went to work in the FDR administration, to accomplish great things like the electrification of Tennessee. We could have that, again.
There's a lot of distance between FDR and Trump. When it comes to the ultra-rich, FDR said "I welcome their hatred." Trump gave them the best seats in the House for his inauguration. The ultra rich tried to run a coup against FDR and Trump is the guy running the coup. There's lots that need fixing but I wouldn't hold my breath expecting these creatures to fix any of it.
FDR totally ran a coup, fundamentally changed the nature of our government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/curtis-yarvin-interview.html
I don't think you know what the word "coup" means. Did FDR make some drastic changes in a time of great suffering and turmoil? Yes. He also got elected four times which means the people approved what he was doing. Yarvin doesn't believe in elections. I understand the idea that a highly intelligent person should be fully in charge without having to go through the rigmarole of an election. I thought I should be king of the world.. when I was 10!
> He also got elected four times which means the people approved what he was doing.
What makes you think a coup can’t have popular support?
Firstly, thanks for the link to the Curtis Yarvin interview. I've heard about him but I've never seen him interviewed. I was expecting some profound thinking but I realize he's just fluffer for spoiled rich tech people. Telling those people they are magnificent and should be running the world could be a lucrative pastime but trying to say that Anders Breivik and Nelson Mandela are comparable? That's just bizarre.
Secondly, yes, a coup can have popular support but I'm not clear on what coup you are in favor of.
Crank lefty to MAGA cheerleader pipeline is up and running.
I worked in the federal government for over 30 years. I swore an oath to uphold tht Constitution, and l had a security clearance. That clearance had to be renewed and I underwent background checks on a periodic basis.
That whiz kid might be genuinely brilliant. Does that brilliance include an understanding of human nature and empathy? Or does that brilliance come with an arrogance and disdain?
I don't defend the decisions that Biden made about Gaza. I think his policy on Gaza was absolutely disastrous.
Dismantling entire agencies and giving decision-making to people who are just as likely to be determined to implementban extreme agenda (Projrct 2025) is a radical course.
Adding that after Trump dropped his plan to take over Gaza expel the Palestinians and turn it into luxury resorts, Mr. Grim might want to reconsider
I didn't hear Grim make any assertions in favor of what he is covering in this article, and it's deeply weird to me that people in the comments seem to believe he did. Like, the very act of covering this stuff doesn't make someone in favor of it. You know that, right?
Well, Grim.sounds a bit credulous to me about Trump's foreign policy aims.
I suppose I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt because of his other journalism I've read, and the way I've seen him cover things in the past. It's always possible I'm being too generous/credulous, but I read it simply as him presenting this other person's ideas and interpretation of events, and saying "I don't don't know if it's true, but it's an interesting angle that I did not think to consider"