Trump said if he won he would purge the DoD, FBI, NSA and CIA leadership, probably to install loyalists. Those agencies have nothing against right wing populism or any of Trump's more egregious policies, but they don't like his aversion to full on war and the fact that he ostensibly represents industrial capital over financial capital.
If I was going to stage a coup, this is what I would start with. I do think that the natsec deep state is more powerful than he realizes though. I mean they killed JFK. Their leaders rotate all the time, the institutional memory is clearly the real "leader".
He sides with whatever is best for Facebook's profitability. At this point the most engaged Facebook users are probably Trump supporters, or at least they have a significant plurality
I don't think he has, I think he just sees the rising right wing movement as a fat juicy source of cash. I will say that tech seems to be the least loyal of the financial capital sectors much like Oil & Gas is the least loyal of the industrial sectors.
Lol I think Facebook having stupid Trump meme pages is not taking sides. You need to look at what their money is doing. Even Peter Thiel even if he is nominally a Trump supporter has his wealth is doing the same thing as Zucks: building the surveillance infrastructure for a future techno feudal US where everyone uses apps giving them chores they can do for people who can build and maintain software systems.
He's just trying to build a brand for himself leveraging qanon in the exit from the white house that the Republicans can use as their own version of "Russiagate" over the next 4 years. This shit really isn't that complicated.
actually this is the most probable analysis here. All american politics is theater, has anyone seen especially in the past 5 years how stupid this shit is? its a narrative that you have to keep watching at the edge of your seat. while distracted they will do disgusting shit tho, but something like this? i just... unless president trump is too dumb to really understand what is required..
Trump said if he won he would purge the DoD, FBI, NSA and CIA leadership, probably to install loyalists. Those agencies have nothing against right wing populism or any of Trump's more egregious policies, but they don't like his aversion to full on war and the fact that he ostensibly represents industrial capital over financial capital.
If I was going to stage a coup, this is what I would start with. I do think that the natsec deep state is more powerful than he realizes though. I mean they killed JFK. Their leaders rotate all the time, the institutional memory is clearly the real "leader".
I'm confused by why Zuckerberg seems to have sided with the industrial side.
He sides with whatever is best for Facebook's profitability. At this point the most engaged Facebook users are probably Trump supporters, or at least they have a significant plurality
I don't think he has, I think he just sees the rising right wing movement as a fat juicy source of cash. I will say that tech seems to be the least loyal of the financial capital sectors much like Oil & Gas is the least loyal of the industrial sectors.
Lol I think Facebook having stupid Trump meme pages is not taking sides. You need to look at what their money is doing. Even Peter Thiel even if he is nominally a Trump supporter has his wealth is doing the same thing as Zucks: building the surveillance infrastructure for a future techno feudal US where everyone uses apps giving them chores they can do for people who can build and maintain software systems.
Zuck gives the people what they want, the problem is the people are awful.
He's just trying to build a brand for himself leveraging qanon in the exit from the white house that the Republicans can use as their own version of "Russiagate" over the next 4 years. This shit really isn't that complicated.
actually this is the most probable analysis here. All american politics is theater, has anyone seen especially in the past 5 years how stupid this shit is? its a narrative that you have to keep watching at the edge of your seat. while distracted they will do disgusting shit tho, but something like this? i just... unless president trump is too dumb to really understand what is required..