Election 2020
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I know you're all curious what Nick Land has to say about all this,
The degree to which gaslighting just freaking works is truly spectacular.
Western political history tends inexorably to the enthroning of the gladiatorial arena.
In 2020 the gaslighting comes with a little "This is archetypal gaslighting" tag in the corner. Hard to see that not having an effect.
There goes the Anglosphere.
Sadly have to note that whatever the IDW has brought us, spine isn't it.
The Fighting Frogs have been left on the battlefield alongside hold-the-line PJMedia-style Boomer-Cons, while the Alt-Right tough guys fled with the IDW to the hills. Don't forget.
The degree to which gaslighting just freaking works is truly spectacular.
Western political history tends inexorably to the enthroning of the gladiatorial arena.
In 2020 the gaslighting comes with a little "This is archetypal gaslighting" tag in the corner. Hard to see that not having an effect.
There goes the Anglosphere.
Sadly have to note that whatever the IDW has brought us, spine isn't it.
The Fighting Frogs have been left on the battlefield alongside hold-the-line PJMedia-style Boomer-Cons, while the Alt-Right tough guys fled with the IDW to the hills. Don't forget.
sufi
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padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
he's firmly in that tradition of European philosophers whose philosophical erudition is awkwardly juxtaposed with opinions about American politics so dumb and crudely formed that it makes it very difficult to take their fancy philosophical ideas seriously
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Yeah, and in relation to opposite sides.
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
it depends what you mean by "coup". clearly he's trying to illegally seize - or retain, in this case - power.
but a coup generally entails violence, and an organized, armed coup is still extremely unlikely
I don't want to say "impossible" bc who knows but the military has given no indication - that I know of - that it would back such a move
and despite the current intense climate of tacticool bro militia fantasy, without a significant portion of the military an armed coup ain't happening
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
keep in mind he hasn't tried to tangle with the active military high command yet
the President can as C-in-C fire (I believe) any general officer from an appointed position i.e. the Joint Chiefs of staff
but it would surely raise a massive uproar from a variety of quarters, so whether he could get away with it is another matter
Matt Milley - the current CJCS - has been very explicit, both over the summer after Trump's threats to use the military on protestors, and a couple weeks ago before Congress, that the military isn't going to get involved in domestic politics, including the election
the President can as C-in-C fire (I believe) any general officer from an appointed position i.e. the Joint Chiefs of staff
but it would surely raise a massive uproar from a variety of quarters, so whether he could get away with it is another matter
Matt Milley - the current CJCS - has been very explicit, both over the summer after Trump's threats to use the military on protestors, and a couple weeks ago before Congress, that the military isn't going to get involved in domestic politics, including the election
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
as far as illegal retention of power, we're certainly headed that way but it's still a distance off
I don't discount the possibility but I still think it's like v unlikely, albeit less unlikely than an armed coup - say 1-in-20 vs 1-in-I don't even know, a million
I don't discount the possibility but I still think it's like v unlikely, albeit less unlikely than an armed coup - say 1-in-20 vs 1-in-I don't even know, a million
Leo
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it appears trump is intent to keep his 2016 campaign pledge to bring troops home from Afghanistan and syria, and apparently that's what all these pentagon changes are all about. pros and cons to doing that, of course, but at least it doesn't seem to involve military here.