![]() Only the capitalist gets this special treatment. Instead of being a threat to liberty, it is held to be an expression of liberty the capitalist must have the liberty to use his wealth to manipulate as many other individuals as possible. The solution is to indoctrinate people, starting in early childhood, as to the virtuousness and indispensability of the capitalist boss, whose authority must be held to be an unquestionable good. Mussolini called his system the corporate state for a reason.īut this presents a contradiction: could not workers use the democracy and openness of liberal society to advocate for post-capitalist economic systems that dispense with the arbitrary authority of the capitalist boss? And in fact this is not merely theoretical: every capitalist democracy, with the notable exception of the USA, has had a strong social democratic/democratic socialist party, that got where it is precisely by arguing based on this contradiction. The latter is not just socialist hyperbole the model for the authoritarian fascist state was in fact the capitalist corporation. Specifically, the authoritarianism of capitalism, the contradiction between that authoritarian and the value of liberty professed by post-Enlightenment liberalism, Trump’s possession of capitalist status, and DeSantis’ lack of it.Īny capitalist democracy is in fact a weird amalgamation of public democracy and private fascism. It is my contention that this aspect is a limiting factor that makes DeSantis less of a threat. While it is clear that DeSantis has authoritarian, fascistic tendencies, and is more intellectually mature, and thus better able to strategize, than Trump, in one important aspect he falls far short of Trump. You can find a lot of pundits arguing that DeSantis is even more dangerous than Trump, such as this one, this one, and this one. Leave a Comment DeSantis Is Not More Dangerous than Trump To reiterate, Trump managed to win once already, and he could do it again. While if Trump wins, the odds are still against them (Trump has high negatives), but still not as dismal as if DeSantis wins. So if DeSantis wins the primary, the Republicans lose the general. Either action dooms the Republicans, who cannot afford to lose any votes. Therefore, if by some miracle DeSantis wins the primary, Trump will yell “Rigged!” and the Type 1 Republicans will either cast write-in, independent, or third-party votes for Trump, or sit at home and sulk on Election Day. The ones who couldn’t stand Trump have, basically to a last person, left the party. There are effectively no other types of Republican. Those willing to hold their noses and vote for Trump.Those who worship Trump and who will not vote for anyone else.There are basically two types of Republicans left these days: Leave a Comment One More Reason Why DeSantis Is Less Dangerous In this case, it all becomes just standard political tactics, to be applied as needed from now on. Set the precedent that nothing Trump did (up to and including his coup attempt) was, in fact, wrong.Set the precedent that presidents and ex-presidents are not, in fact, above the law, and that what Trump did was wrong and deserves to be punished, or. ![]() This is a precedent-setting moment, but there were really two options here: Will he be convicted? If he is acquitted, will it happen because anyone in his situation would have been acquitted, or will it happen because he’s an ex-president and is therefore getting special treatment?.American Führerprincip may not go quietly into that good night.) Will the indictment get rescinded somehow? (I am not a legal expert, and I do not even know if this is possible, but if it is, it would not be a surprise if it happens.Now that the precedent has been broken, will there be other indictments?. ![]() Now we get to see a number of other questions be answered: Which, of course, is now void now that the outcome is no longer in doubt. ![]() Nobody won USD $100 out of it, by the way, because nobody took me up on my offer. It means the danger of a transition to fascism is distinctly less than it was just this morning. It means the disgusting precedent that the president is above the law is looking more and more like a has-been of a precedent. ![]()
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