Tucker Carlson has a better handle on what’s going on in politics than many mainstream conservatives who still see the current situation as a battle between Democrats and Republicans. And while there are some individuals who still represent the older status quo, the fight we are now seeing is really about the Cabal vs the People. Regular Americans keep voting to reform and fix the current system, and we have been doing so since the tea-party elections of 2010. Cabal inc. keeps working to stop the change. The election of Donald Trump is, in this context, not a cause but rather an effect of a change which has already occurred in the population and is working its way through the society and the political machinery. Tucker Carlson expands on this idea at The Independent.
The less control you have, the more hysterical you become.
Dying regimes are the same way. They get more repressive as they fade. As their power ebbs, rulers lash out against dissent and disobedience. Deposed Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu barked orders at his guards as they led him to the firing squad.
Our leaders understood Donald Trump’s election as a direct challenge to their power. They’ve been fretting about his authoritarian tendencies ever since. Because they lack self-awareness, they don’t perceive this as projection. They can’t see that they’re actually talking about themselves.
Let’s say you were an authoritarian who sought to weaken American democracy. How would you go about doing that? You’d probably start by trying to control what people say and think. If citizens dissented from the mandated orthodoxy, or dared to consider unauthorized ideas, then you’d hurt them. You’d shame them on social media. You’d shout them down in public. You’d get them fired from their jobs. You’d make sure everyone was afraid to disagree with you.
After that, you’d work to disarm the population: You’d take away their guns. That way, they would be entirely dependent on you for safety, not to mention unable to resist your plans for them. Then, just to make sure you’d quelled all opposition, you’d systematically target any institution that might oppose or put brakes on your power. You’d be especially concerned about churches, the family and independent businesses. You’d be sure to undermine and crush those, using laws and relentless propaganda.
If, despite all this, election results still didn’t go your way, you’d use an unelected bureaucracy to neuter any leader you hadn’t handpicked yourself. But you’d be shaken by an election like that. You’d resolve never to allow one again. To make sure of that, you’d work tirelessly to replace the old and ungrateful population with a new and more obedient one. That’s what you’d do.
Sound familiar? For all of his many faults, President Trump isn’t doing any of that. Our ruling class is.
