c/politics · by Redditsux@lemmy.world · 293d

Secret GOP Cabal With Vance and Thiel Plots Eternal MAGA Rule

https://www.thedailybeast.com/secret-gop-cabal-with-vance-and-thiel-plots-eternal-maga-rule/

Archive article: https://archive.is/SyLKE a 2019 GOP strategy meeting in the small town of Rockbridge, Ohio, attended by billionaires and media personalities including former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, hedge fund manager Rebekah Mercer, and economist Oren Cass. The attendees formed the “Rockbridge Network,” a GOP strategy network helmed by conservative venture capitalist Chris Buskirk, whose aim is to build a MAGA movement that outlasts Donald Trump by letting business leaders shape American policy.

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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 84 pts · 293d (8 replies)

Oh so the Business Plot all over again, huh?

CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 61 pts · 293d (6 replies)

Although no one was prosecuted, the congressional committee final report said, "there is no question that these attempts were discussed, were planned, and might have been placed in execution when and if the financial backers deemed it expedient."

Damn, I simply can't imagine why these things keep happening..

xyzzy@lemmy.today · 19 pts · 293d (5 replies)

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YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 14 pts · 293d (2 replies)

Meanwhile the US is throwing money and contracts at Peter Thiel after he said openly he is hostile to the state and wants to destroy America. When the dollar becomes worthless, what is he going to draw his power from?

stringere@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 293d (1 reply)

Bitcoins!

Just don't tell them how bitcoins have value...

Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 293d

At this point I dont know what would be better, if the dollar failed or if crypto failed. Ultimately, it will be both at the same time.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 11 pts · 293d (1 reply)

One of them was literally a Bush

xyzzy@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 293d

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captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 293d

Might be more Wannsee depending on what their plan is

Jhuskindle@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 292d (3 replies)

Project 2025 was public

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 292d (1 reply)

I'm sure that project 2025 was just the public beginning, and I'm sure there is lots to follow soon that we don't know about yet.

I honestly expect the US to become very aggressive militarily soon and go on expansion wars

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 292d

And start a genocide and eugenics program from within.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 292d

So were the K-Street Project and REDMAP.

It's not a well-kept secret, to be sure. But you gotta bait those clicks.

BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 40 pts · 293d (2 replies)

It's ~~THE DEEP STATE!~~ nothing!

-Republicans!

ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 293d

Every accusation is a confession.

PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 293d

The Derp State.

vegeta@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 293d

partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 293d

Do they refer to it as their Thousand-Year Reich or is that just its unofficial name?

rosco385@lemmy.wtf · 24 pts · 293d (14 replies)

Did all these conservatives sleep through US history class?

Sunflier@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 293d (4 replies)

Of course they didn't, but they're willing to sacrifice core American values in the name of hate. They want to kill the LGBT population because a book said to (it wouldn't even be a sin to them) and they might not get into heaven if they don't, kill immigrants because they're afraid, and kill minorities because they're aggrieved (they resent having to have given up their slaves).

KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 292d

and they might not get into heaven if they don’t

That's it. That's the entire reasoning. This is why MAGA had that mass-psychosis about the "Rapture" late last September. This is the stated reason our Republican Senators and house Reps echo when supporting Israel. Because the Bible says those who support Israel will be raptured... except the Bible doesn't actually say that. MAGA just wants to be free of this world.

Even with their politicians in office, MAGA hates this time as much as the most devout leftist. We're all suffering, everywhere, unless you have Big money. Republicans just think that suffering under their Dear Leader is how they ascend into the afterlife, so they can finally be free of their pain. Rather than support actual policy changes, they'll try to unlock some "secret ending" they heard about in their churches.

It's actual insanity. You'd have better luck quoting scripture to getting these people to believe different nonsense, than to get them to touch base with reality. Fuck.. I can't really blame them. The last year has made me lose my mind, and I don't want it back.

Auli@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 293d (2 replies)

Where does the Bible say to kill? And let's say it does it also says a lot about helping people and collecting wealth is wrong. I believe it say rich men won't get into heaven.

burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 292d

Odd that there is no mention of how to deal with people who broke the covenant with the lord. Surely no bible would have such information.

Sunflier@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 292d

Where does the Bible say to kill?

Leviticus 18:22. The fact that it's old testament doesn't matter to them. They find it icky.

EightLeggedFreak@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 292d (5 replies)

MAGA's anti-elitism is partly what got us here in the first place. Does anyone else remember "drain the swamp"? I don't think any of the people are for this.

All of the magats I got around hate the rich, and they're starting to turn on donny... but I'm not holding my breath for them to change their hard R votes.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 292d

It will be so hard to wake some of these people up enough to vote against the Confederate Party, because of all their training to balk at doing so - because, OMG, "woke", "DEI", "CRT" and "antifa".

Besides all the wedge identity politics (their fixation on things that have zero impact on their quality of life, like "men in women's bathrooms/sports" is legendary), the red-baiting bullshit runs nearly as deep. It's just common currency among so many Republicans to just casually talk about the Democratic Party as if they really are filled with literal Communists.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 292d (3 replies)

They are for whatever the fuck they are told to be for

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 292d (2 replies)

Yep. Reprogrammable meat bags. As long as they think their vote will be hurting the people they think need to be hurt, they'll vote for it. Even if they get royally reamed at the same time.

Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 292d (1 reply)

"reprogrammable meat bag" 🤣

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 292d

I wish I could claim credit for it, but it's 100% the invention of driftglass from The Professional Left podcast. He says it fairly frequently on the podcast, but he blogs about it, too:

https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2023/07/americas-reprogrammable-republican.html

simulacra_procession@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 292d (1 reply)

Anecdotal, but from my time in school most people actually did. AP US history was the straw that broke the camel's back for all of the stu-co honors society top 15 kids I had that class with. The most hated class, just absolutely whinging about the sheer onerousness of the exam and study guide. My theory has always been their heads were already full to the brim with memorizing the physics and maths and other classes' materials. History is just too much to memorize and regurgitate like that, it requires thinking, and a lot of it. I came away from that experience with the understanding that a lot of people fucking hate thinking any more than they have to, even (or especially) a-political folks. Loved that class, we had an excellent teacher too. S-tier teacher, really cool guy.

SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space · 2 pts · 292d

Thinking involves discovering new experiences and feelings, some of which may be uncomfortable or troubling if uncovered or undertaken in contexts in which we do not feel secure, since our survival instinct may in many cases outpace our adapted ability to draw knowledge from our families and peers to glean insight into the general best practices or possible outcomes when attempting new activities or procedures for navigating or contributing to our world/society. Many people live and die by fear, never finding true rest or feeling a complete sense of peace for more than mere moments, at the edges of their more conscious experiences.

ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 292d

US history is full of obscenely rich white people dictating governance and oppressing the working class. There was never a time when that wasn’t the case.

Sneptaur@pawb.social · 23 pts · 293d (3 replies)

It's a good thing JD Vance is such a massive dork that not even Republicans like him

Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 292d (2 replies)

Maybe in the near future, he has a makeover. He ditches usha for the widow Kirk, he starts wearing a leather jacket or some shit and starts kicking ass. That would be wild. 🤷🏼

Sneptaur@pawb.social · 2 pts · 292d (1 reply)

I don't think he has it in him, honestly.

turdcollector69@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 292d

None of these clowns have that dog in them but that won't stop them from trying.

FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 21 pts · 293d

It's not a fucking secret

tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 293d

Wasn't corporatism a core principle in Mussolini's brand of fascism?

makyo@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 293d (4 replies)

I’ll be shocked if any of them can harness MAGA, they are all uncharismatic unlikable twerps

gdog05@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 293d

I think their goal is to tear everything down so the people are forced to rely on them for food, medicine, everything. True feudal state situation. Voting and personality are not needed with that mindset.

TallonMetroid@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 293d (1 reply)

The rubes have already served their purpose. Now is the time to dismantle the mechanisms that would remove them from power, so they can just stay on and laugh at our impotence to do anything about it.

WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 293d

“Our impotence to do anything about it,” say the people who have tried literally nothing

Auli@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 292d

I mean Trump got in.

Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 292d (1 reply)

Oh weird. You think maybe the techno wizards with unlimited money and 0 morals rigged the election?

CitizenKong@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 292d

Yes, except they're no wizards, they are warlords employing wizards.

SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one · 12 pts · 293d

Secret?

They've been fucking shouting it for years while fucking retards replied with 'both sides', silence or outright cheers in the case of the bigots.

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 293d

It’s not secret. It’s called dark enlightenment(basically just the feudal system) they have been writing and blogging about it for decades. It is their goal to set up corporate city states with a ceo dictatorship in each. The end of democracy is their goal and we will be there feudal peasant slaves.

finitebanjo@piefed.world · 6 pts · 293d (1 reply)

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NessaSola@eviltoast.org · 1 pts · 293d

A more accurate analogy: The earth is round and germs make people sick

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 292d (4 replies)

MAGA movement that outlasts Donald Trump by letting business leaders shape American policy.

What's so goddamned ironic is that I cannot tell you how many asshole Taco supporters would mutter nonsense about "Big Tech" because of them being trained like good little parrots to talk about "Big Tech" as if it was liberal, LOL.

When I'd ask them any further questions about such claims, I'd usually get nonsense about how they were being "censored" or "shadow banned" and other such hilarity. Most of it came after their October surprise was foiled, seemingly, in relation to Hunter Biden's ~~hard drive~~, oops I mean, "laptop".

And now, well, will you look at that. These guys are just talking about having "Big Tech" simply set policy, because, hell, why not. Worthington's Law in action.

Anyway, I guess suggesting that people with huge communication platform add fact-checking on Russian disinformation campaigns or anti-vaxxer quackery in the middle of a fucking pandemic, that was where they drew the line....having shadowy, deeply weird freaks like Thiel who are enamored of even weirder freaks like Curtis Yarvin and the authors of The Sovereign Individual set policy for the rest of us....very cool.

chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 292d

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Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 292d (2 replies)