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In reply to the discussion: Legal experts warn of 'constitutional crisis' as JD Vance and Elon Musk question judges' authority over Trump [View all]eppur_se_muova
(42,023 posts)convince the masses you are on their side and will make life better for them, harass those in power into becoming more intolerant and oppressive, and sooner or later the ruled will turn to open revolution to overthrow the rulers.
The very first time I heard all this, it immediately occurred to me that there is nothing in this plan to guarantee that the party taking over is in any way sincere in its purported intentions, only its real intention to grab power. Oligarchy A is replaced by Oligarchy B. New boss same as the old boss. Promised Workers' Paradise never arrives.
Turnip is taking a different approach -- still empty promises and agitprop BS for the unwashed masses, but the nature of it is different; it has to be, because he is replacing a whole system that actually works when it's not being obstinately thwarted with one which is nothing but an unrealisable fantasy, and he doesn't even notice that what's being introduced by his "subordinate" has a lot of features he never planned on (and still doesn't care about). Meanwhile, the real revolution is carried out by willing collaborators installed by the Radical Right over the previous decades. They've been waiting in place for the corrupting propaganda of Limbaugh, Murdoch, Cessbook, Xitter, etc. to weaken the system by brainwashing the masses into believing they really want a dictator, despite more than two centuries of opposing dictators with our blood and treasure. The present crop of dictator-fluffers representing red states in Congress demonstrate over and over that they have found the abuser of their dreams and will stick with him to the death of democracy.