Why does the ccp always come up in these discussions? You have Rogue billionaire taking an axe at the pillars of government and there’s still someone bringing up the ccp.

Why

It's a good story. Having a tangible villain helps some people internalize the message more easily than if it was a dry account with vague connections to reality. If you're out to "rally the troups", stirring up emotion is a required component.

Take CCP is an example to form an emotional attachment to.

But the tangible villain is already there no? Musk?

The CCP is used to shake and wake the folks that see Musk as the hero and everything taking place as lovely. Since they only see a hero in the story a villian is introduced to attempt to make think about how things could go wrong.

A lot of people are so brainwashed by U.S. propaganda they cannot comprehend that American billionaires are independently evil. Add to that the fanboyism where his sycophants can't see how utterly rotten Musk is and always has been.

Their sense of world order requires there be a shadowy threat actor such as Russia or China, instead of the obvious truth that this is American capitalism operating as designed.

What makes Musk so utterly rotten? Otherwise "it's just like your opinion, man..."

"Requires a shadowy threat actor such ad Russia and..."? Trump is trying to normalize US-Russian relations.

"This is American capitalism operating as designed" - Honestly what do you mean?

Trump and Musk's reforms looks different enough from anything else tried in the last 25 years that I am super curious to see where it goes. I'm not into fear porn that this is the end of the world, H*tler, or whatever.

I'm also curious about Billionaires being independently evil - what do you mean, are virtually all billionaires evil? Are they really morally worse people than the average or do they just have access to more resources and influence?

> I'm not into fear porn that this is the end of the world, H*tler, or whatever.

Are you are okay with Trump splitting Ukraine with Russia and blessing Russia's war on Ukraine?

There are historical parallels with Hitler annexing other countries. You not being into that reality is a choice.

It is possible to be unhappy with the end result of Ukraine or Trump's views of Ukraine without psyching ourselves up that these two dudes are literally H*tler.

Trump has blood on his hands. Full stop. He made Putin's war his own and embraced the idea of the US annexing other countries.

Things will get better once more brown people are at Guantanamo. /s

I guess the alternative to cut the loss and move on would be to go for the global extended suicide option.

It's possible but the concentration camps, the removal of trans rights, the push towards a unitary executive, referring to the disabled as "parasites," and the scapegoating, etc etc etc all add up to one thing.

>Trump and Musk's reforms looks different enough from anything else tried in the last 25 years that I am super curious to see where it goes. I'm not into fear porn that this is the end of the world, H*tler, or whatever.

Arbitrarily firing arbitrary amounts of federal employees on the belief that this will make the gov't function better? Are you also currently in talks to buy the Brooklyn Bridge?

Because that's what an intelligence agency from a rival nation state would do?