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So I don’t know what kind of source that really is, but the screenshot makes the speaker seem to be Robert Reich, former US Sec of Labor, and I’ve linked to the Twitter thread but there weren’t any further sources there.
Anyway. Who knows, it’s hearsay, but at least someone else has the same idea I do.
Meanwhile:
greenglittercat replied to your post “I wrote about this on Facebook and have seen a lot of references to it…”
On the puppet scenario: We had his in Germany in 1933. If I remember it right Hitler was first seen as weak enough for the parliament to guide him to their will and then use him as a scapegoat. We know how history turned out. Even though I fully back your argument and think this is highly plausible, there is still that other way it can go. Don’t underestimate Trump. (But still prepare for the coming elections)
Dead on. They’ve made this devil’s bargain assuming they can control their puppet, but that sort of thing is so unpredictable. Trump does whatever Bannon wants, so far, and is apparently amenable to all kinds of flattery, but what if he gets a new advisor nobody can touch?
We think we have bulletproof impeachment material, sure, but we also thought we had enough dirt on him to keep him from getting elected. There are any number of factions battling to control him, and he’s such a wildcard; what if an even more destructive faction gets their claws into him, and the impeachment proceedings can’t go fast enough? It’s a dangerous fucking game, and nobody’s guaranteed to win it at all. We might just all lose.
And in the meantime, irreparable harm is being done to irreplaceable people, places, things, and ideas.
I’m just saying: Pay attention to the men behind the curtains, and hold them accountable. Even if the worst doesn’t happen, they were willing to accept that risk, and it’s unconscionable. No Republican who does not break from the party line can be spared. Their deeds must be tied to them.
But, Dems too– I’m 100% behind Schumer, for now, and doing my best to support him, but I’m also taking fucking notes, Chuck. He’s our front line of defense and I’ll cut him a little slack because surely he has a clearer eye on the proceedings than I do, but also, I am not a goddamn chess piece, none of us are, and if you bargain away too much we won’t forget who you considered disposable.
Source
So I don’t know what kind of source that really is, but the screenshot makes the speaker seem to be Robert Reich, former US Sec of Labor, and I’ve linked to the Twitter thread but there weren’t any further sources there.
Anyway. Who knows, it’s hearsay, but at least someone else has the same idea I do.
Meanwhile:
greenglittercat replied to your post “I wrote about this on Facebook and have seen a lot of references to it…”
On the puppet scenario: We had his in Germany in 1933. If I remember it right Hitler was first seen as weak enough for the parliament to guide him to their will and then use him as a scapegoat. We know how history turned out. Even though I fully back your argument and think this is highly plausible, there is still that other way it can go. Don’t underestimate Trump. (But still prepare for the coming elections)
Dead on. They’ve made this devil’s bargain assuming they can control their puppet, but that sort of thing is so unpredictable. Trump does whatever Bannon wants, so far, and is apparently amenable to all kinds of flattery, but what if he gets a new advisor nobody can touch?
We think we have bulletproof impeachment material, sure, but we also thought we had enough dirt on him to keep him from getting elected. There are any number of factions battling to control him, and he’s such a wildcard; what if an even more destructive faction gets their claws into him, and the impeachment proceedings can’t go fast enough? It’s a dangerous fucking game, and nobody’s guaranteed to win it at all. We might just all lose.
And in the meantime, irreparable harm is being done to irreplaceable people, places, things, and ideas.
I’m just saying: Pay attention to the men behind the curtains, and hold them accountable. Even if the worst doesn’t happen, they were willing to accept that risk, and it’s unconscionable. No Republican who does not break from the party line can be spared. Their deeds must be tied to them.
But, Dems too– I’m 100% behind Schumer, for now, and doing my best to support him, but I’m also taking fucking notes, Chuck. He’s our front line of defense and I’ll cut him a little slack because surely he has a clearer eye on the proceedings than I do, but also, I am not a goddamn chess piece, none of us are, and if you bargain away too much we won’t forget who you considered disposable.
