The chaotic nonsense that Musk unleashed on Congress was full of sound and fury and signifying...something? As Marshall notes (and I've started to see a few Democratic politicians adopt this framing) this is increasingly Team Billionaire vs Team Normal People. Trump and Musk share an appetite for drama in which they are the main character. They are also fucking idiots.
About a month ago, I noted that authoritarianism is not the ends, it is the means. The end is corruption. The rank corruption about to land in DC is going to be horrible, but it is ultimately reversible.
The other observation someone shared is that authoritarians are almost always on some level not very bright, or at least not very wise.
The seeds of their own destruction are there, as long as we make sure the sprouts get enough sunlight.
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