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(12,712 posts)The Kochs and their kind are well on their way to winning the game of, "who will be the lords of the new Fiefdom".
That's not yet a reality TV show, but give it time.
My odd speculation is that the GOP may be voluntarily deprecating itself on the National level because their obviousness is starting to distract from what is going on in the States and on local levels in many areas. They are not as necessary as they were and the current system is working well as it appears to.
It's like: "Oh see! They are making asses of themselves and showing their true colors as corporate shills and lackeys!" Meanwhile, the facade gives the impression that nothing drastic is going on and certain people feel that the currently "elected" spokes persons are kinder and more just so equitable democracy is prevailing.
Behind the scenes? Well, some mythical metaphors would probably sum that up best. The titans gather with their hosts of demons in a pit of blazing fire and dance with glee wearing leather boots spiked with glass and razor blades on countless human faces.
As they cackle and spasm while sprinkling salt on the thousands of cuts and pools of tears, the Arch-Demons Koch proclaim the next move while defecating on copies of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
It is a frabjous day in the designer cesspool boardrooms of flaming economic power and unholy greed where our dark, collective future is crafted and decided these days. The Fascist Goblins are weaving spells of insidious alliance as they conjure more private prison dungeons and enlist hoards of consumer zombies to man the police state. What magic, (disguised as technology) they wield with awesome machines that convey propaganda, fear and the force to back-up the grimoire of subjugation, with a smile and frequent flier miles ... "Would you like fries with your dystopia?"
I'm waiting for the mandatory policy handbook we will all get in place of the system that many faithfully still believe exists as anything more than a simulated tool to manipulate those who, by way of conditioning, circumstances and the rewards and punishments that make one question the idea of "free will", have internalized the system. That's heading for collective nervous breakdown for those of us who don't pull back and see how that works.
Despite my hyperbole and bad metaphors and the fact that nothing is new about this except for the carefully crafted illusion that something changed, let it be a warning that if we can't do anything, (insight into our own participation and views is doable) or we won't, I think my rambling could turn out to be downplaying the situation-at-hand.