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Before November I would not have upvoted this story. But given that Steve Bannon is in WH to come up with ideas to 1) end international co-operation 2) destroy
by virtuabhi 10y ago
Before November I would not have upvoted this story. But given that Steve Bannon is in WH to come up with ideas to 1) end international co-operation 2) destroy existing democratic institutions 3) create a nation state on the shared heritage identity (descendants from a specfic group of European countries practicing a specific religion), such theories do not seem out of place
- norea-armozel 10y agoIf you have the time, you should look up the transcript of the 2014 speech Bannon gave regarding some of his views. I think Buzzfeed has a copy (I know Buzzfeed sucks but this is one of the rare times there's a gem on that site). To break it down, Bannon seriously believes the West has lost its way since the fall of the USSR. And that he wants to bring it back into balance for Christianity. That includes manipulating capital owners into conformance any way he can. Basically, Dominionism 2.0. It's weird how this flew under the radar but I suspect it's intentional because most people in the US aren't the kind of Christian that would sign up for any kind of Dominionism anymore since the generational split on this is firmly established. I think it's a question of whether or not Bannon and his ilk realize you can't engineer people to accept it. But then again this is the same guy who got violent on Biosphere 2 with researchers when things didn't go his way. When reality smacks him a few times in Congress I expect either he'll try to force Trump to be more draconian than even he's capable of being or misstepping big time and winding up getting fired (I can see Kellyanne Conway or Reince Preibus pulling this off against him).