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This reminds me of the book Animal Farm, except the corruption here is done by people too incompetent to keep their hand of cards hidden from view. A real powe

This reminds me of the book Animal Farm, except the corruption here is done by people too incompetent to keep their hand of cards hidden from view. A real power-coup needs to be fast and decisive, and this group is instead just setting themselves up to get absolutely obliterated by the mid-terms in 16 months.

xnx 1y ago
> this group is instead just setting themselves up to get absolutely obliterated by the mid-terms in 16 months. I'd hope this is the case, but after hundreds prior of examples of otherwise disqualifying behavior, I know there is no threshold for a big part of the voter base.
- xracy 1y ago
  certainly feels like we're just trying to slowly turn up the temperature until everything is still okay. There are plenty examples of things done by gov't officials today that would've ben disqualifying 20 years ago. And I'm sure there are things viewed as 'crossing the line' today, that will be fine in 4 years. And that definitely scares me.
thoroughburro 1y ago
I wish I had your confidence in our now-stacked Supreme Court. And military leadership.
cosmicgadget 1y ago
Keep an eye on SCOTUS. The executive is trying to unshackle itself from both the legislature and judiciary. Midterms might not matter.
throw0101a 1y ago
> A real power-coup needs to be fast and decisive, and this group is instead just setting themselves up to get absolutely obliterated by the mid-terms in 16 months. It's not like Trump et al were unknowns during the 2024 election and that their goals were hidden: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 People voted for them anyway. See "Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?": * https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-administration-supporters-good/683441/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-admi... * http://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-administration-supporters-good/683441/ http://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/...

xnx 1y ago

> this group is instead just setting themselves up to get absolutely obliterated by the mid-terms in 16 months. I'd hope this is the case, but after hundreds prior of examples of otherwise disqualifying behavior, I know there is no threshold for a big part of the voter base.

xracy 1y ago
certainly feels like we're just trying to slowly turn up the temperature until everything is still okay. There are plenty examples of things done by gov't officials today that would've ben disqualifying 20 years ago. And I'm sure there are things viewed as 'crossing the line' today, that will be fine in 4 years. And that definitely scares me.

thoroughburro 1y ago

I wish I had your confidence in our now-stacked Supreme Court. And military leadership.

cosmicgadget 1y ago

Keep an eye on SCOTUS. The executive is trying to unshackle itself from both the legislature and judiciary. Midterms might not matter.

throw0101a 1y ago

> A real power-coup needs to be fast and decisive, and this group is instead just setting themselves up to get absolutely obliterated by the mid-terms in 16 months. It's not like Trump et al were unknowns during the 2024 election and that their goals were hidden: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025 People voted for them anyway. See "Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?": * https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-administration-supporters-good/683441/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-admi... * http://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-administration-supporters-good/683441/ http://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/...