Down With The Broligarchy

 Alexandra Petri has some of her usual incisive fun by taking on Elon Musk. 

One of the strategic conundrums Democrats are facing is how to find their own populist voice to counteract the right wing version. While I think Trump 2.0 will be awful in lots of ways, it might also not be, in the sense that we are seeing with his threatened tariffs with Mexico. He blustered, Sheinbaum called him out, they spoke, now he's claiming victory, which is effectively the status quo. Democrats will need to do something positive to counter-message this.

I think taking on the Silicon Valley Broligarchs is an excellent place to start. 

You'll need to be clear that you are attacking the libertarian monopolistic venture capitalist class and not the concept of technological advancement. These people have some very weird ideas, and the degree to which Musk becomes the face of Trumpistan, the better. The fact that the one thing we know they will do is cut taxes on the very rich and deregulate every industry that they can is fodder for the message.

Martin Longman has long touted an anti-monopolist message for small town America, where entrepreneurial opportunities are squeezed out by Walmart and Dollar General. If we add the idea that Silicon Valley is out to rot your brains and siphon away your money, we will lose some PAC money, but gain the sort of message that should appeal to average voters.