.. watchin the ‘binary buffoonery from Canada eh.. where we too have ‘Yellow tainted ‘Media entwined & colluding via 24/7 Polling Propaganda ‘Headline News along with every other ‘Strategy - Tactic - Technique & ToolSet - plus ‘exotic level’ bespoke ‘Micro-Targeting.. plus AI ‘scheming
The ‘Contemporary Coup D’Etat is ‘Capture the ‘Media & Palace is Yours ! De facto ‘Reality non ?
.. that aside - an old soothsaying is.. ‘Comparisons Are Odious ..’
Didn’t they embrace ‘reading the chicken gizzard ‘omens & other such myths ? 🦎🏴☠️🎅🏼
The fact that the current Dim leadership seems unable to grok the concept of "what goes around comes around" just blows me away. I assume they expect to be permanently in power because "Our democracy" is only such if they are the ones running things. This is insane.
I wrote about the way NY is lawfaring Trump and how that is going to (likely has already but we don't have the stats/public announcements yet) hurt NYC permanently a while back, this is more of the same
There was a previous epsidoe of law fare in the Roman Republic, a generation before the conflict of Julius Caesar with Pompey and the Senate. That was Marius vs Sulla. Marius was the leader of the "liberals", Sulla much younger, the leader of the "conservatives", to use our current terms. Sulla was commanding a legion in war, when Marius and his senate allies accused him of crimes against the state, removed his Imperium (right to command an army) and sent a replacment to take over Sulla's army. Sulla noted he had thousands of battle hardened legionaires loyal to him and the replacement had 10 lictors and the Senate's official imperium. So Sulla took care of these 11 dudes and marched on Rome, crossed "the pomerium", the sacred boundary of the city of Rome that no army copuld cross, and "proscribed" his enemies: anyone could legally kill them and bring their head to the Forum for a reward. He also revived the title "Dictator", I think unused for a century. Caesar was I think Marius's great nephew, and was himself proscribed, fled and hid for his life, but his mother convinced Sulla to spare her son. When Sulla got old he retired, giving power back to the Senate. Caesar reportedly thought this was retarded. For what its worth, I think Trump is as bit like Sulla, who hung out with actors and other non establishment figures. Caesar was focused on one thing his entire life: political power. Trump is nothing like that.
Yes, I plan to discuss the parallels of Marius and Sulla soon. The only reason I bring up The Late Republic and lawfare against Julius Caesar is to point out one of the most obvious dangers we face. A President that decides not to give up power.
I've thought for several years that we are just about at the point where the Tree of Liberty grows rotten from the core, falls over and crushes the Patriots.
Maybe it's time to start making some plans for post-America America.
Give democrats a reason to rein in their own extremists. Reverse the split to 60/40 conservative, at least until collectivist overreach is repaid. Then and only then be magnanimous.
Remind Democrats we are, always were, and must once again be, Americans first.
Sweep into power in 2025. Moderate program of sensible reforms, sharing 40/60 with not-insane democrats. Give the reasonable folks leverage to win and increase against mad-dog left. Ignore and shun the AOCs. Start talking up results immediately. Shun biased-left media; favor honest reporting. CNN may in fact be the first to switch to "Fair."
And push President Trump redux to articulate the case as only he can. Always reminding that we're all Americans. He know that instinctively.
But how do we win? And especially, how do win against a cheating machine? And how did we let that machine establish itself to begin with? I think there are a lot of traitors in our Party.
They cannot understand, for example, that destroying the Tea Party movement in 2010 led to the populist movement of 2015 that led to the rise of Trump. Not a clue among them at all.
Your observations and analogies are spot on. EXCEPT FOR ONE BIG THING!!!
What makes anyone who has been watching and paying attention the past 50 years think that the Republicans would repay this sort of lawfare in kind? They have shown over and over ad nauseum that they simply don't have the spine or the stomach for this type of bare knuckle politics. And even if a few did (I concede there may be a few in the House) they would be overruled by the majority who would say the typical, "this isn't who we are" BS.
Besides we actually have real time proof that they won't do any such thing. Has any red state AG filed charges in state court against any Dem? No. Has any R Governor told the various alphabet soup federal agencies to pound sand and stop their unconstitutional actions within the borders of said state?
I was really hoping against hope, that Gov. Huckabee Sanders would arrest those ATF thugs who kicked in the door of the Little Rock Airport GM and MURDERED him. Oh, BTW, all dash cam and body cams were turned off during the raid, which is AGAINST THE F***ING LAW!!!
Nope, we are doomed not so much because the Left is doing what the Left always does. No, we are doomed BECAUSE our side doesn't have men and women who are willing to stand up to the Left and stand up for the people.
Thanks for pointing out that the GOP has generally been pretty spineless and Establishment friendly. I think that, sooner or later, that changes. OR the GOP simply gets swallowed up and destroyed, much like what is happening to the Tories in England right now.
I think you are right about the two likeliest outcomes. What I think we can know without a doubt, is that payback will come from people other than those currently in office.
I almost said, currently in power, but as the great Mark Steyn has pointed out over and over, when R’s get elected they take office, but when D’s get elected they take power.
The Gracchi accepted the authority of the Senate. Marcus and Sulla manipulated it, but they also accepted the authority of the Senate. Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar decided to become a higher power than the Senate (First Triumvirate). Look for such a thing to occur and you will know we are nearing Julius Caesar refusing to obey the Senate.
A very wise friend of mine who's a seasoned politician once told me that his #1 rule was to never grant power to political allies that you wouldn't grant to political enemies. What goes around, comes around.
There are a lot of people, however, who have the rule "If it grants me a little power NOW, go for it, don't consider what the long-term implications are!"
Unlike the rule provided by your wise friend, this rule has a strong tendency to backfire!
.. watchin the ‘binary buffoonery from Canada eh.. where we too have ‘Yellow tainted ‘Media entwined & colluding via 24/7 Polling Propaganda ‘Headline News along with every other ‘Strategy - Tactic - Technique & ToolSet - plus ‘exotic level’ bespoke ‘Micro-Targeting.. plus AI ‘scheming
The ‘Contemporary Coup D’Etat is ‘Capture the ‘Media & Palace is Yours ! De facto ‘Reality non ?
.. that aside - an old soothsaying is.. ‘Comparisons Are Odious ..’
Didn’t they embrace ‘reading the chicken gizzard ‘omens & other such myths ? 🦎🏴☠️🎅🏼
The fact that the current Dim leadership seems unable to grok the concept of "what goes around comes around" just blows me away. I assume they expect to be permanently in power because "Our democracy" is only such if they are the ones running things. This is insane.
I wrote about the way NY is lawfaring Trump and how that is going to (likely has already but we don't have the stats/public announcements yet) hurt NYC permanently a while back, this is more of the same
https://ombreolivier.substack.com/p/judge-talks-money-walks
There was a previous epsidoe of law fare in the Roman Republic, a generation before the conflict of Julius Caesar with Pompey and the Senate. That was Marius vs Sulla. Marius was the leader of the "liberals", Sulla much younger, the leader of the "conservatives", to use our current terms. Sulla was commanding a legion in war, when Marius and his senate allies accused him of crimes against the state, removed his Imperium (right to command an army) and sent a replacment to take over Sulla's army. Sulla noted he had thousands of battle hardened legionaires loyal to him and the replacement had 10 lictors and the Senate's official imperium. So Sulla took care of these 11 dudes and marched on Rome, crossed "the pomerium", the sacred boundary of the city of Rome that no army copuld cross, and "proscribed" his enemies: anyone could legally kill them and bring their head to the Forum for a reward. He also revived the title "Dictator", I think unused for a century. Caesar was I think Marius's great nephew, and was himself proscribed, fled and hid for his life, but his mother convinced Sulla to spare her son. When Sulla got old he retired, giving power back to the Senate. Caesar reportedly thought this was retarded. For what its worth, I think Trump is as bit like Sulla, who hung out with actors and other non establishment figures. Caesar was focused on one thing his entire life: political power. Trump is nothing like that.
Also note that I don’t think Trump is Caesar. He’s far more parallel to Tiberius Gracchus in many ways
Yes, I plan to discuss the parallels of Marius and Sulla soon. The only reason I bring up The Late Republic and lawfare against Julius Caesar is to point out one of the most obvious dangers we face. A President that decides not to give up power.
I've thought for several years that we are just about at the point where the Tree of Liberty grows rotten from the core, falls over and crushes the Patriots.
Maybe it's time to start making some plans for post-America America.
Walk 'round the other side of the table. See what's driving Democrats.
Irredeemable Executive. Court doggedly faithful to the Constitution. Looming Legislative disaster.
What ELSE could Schumer do? Desperation drives madness. No point dissecting ConLaw.
First, Republicans must man up. Beat RINOs into line. Take power and finally restore balance. That means justice, not retribution. Game theory shows the way. Life itself is "Cooperate-or-Defect." Winning strategy: https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/1998-99/game-theory/axelrod.html,
Give democrats a reason to rein in their own extremists. Reverse the split to 60/40 conservative, at least until collectivist overreach is repaid. Then and only then be magnanimous.
Remind Democrats we are, always were, and must once again be, Americans first.
I agree with everything you’re saying. Now to see if we can pull it off
Consistent pressure.
Use the progressive playbook against them.
Sweep into power in 2025. Moderate program of sensible reforms, sharing 40/60 with not-insane democrats. Give the reasonable folks leverage to win and increase against mad-dog left. Ignore and shun the AOCs. Start talking up results immediately. Shun biased-left media; favor honest reporting. CNN may in fact be the first to switch to "Fair."
And push President Trump redux to articulate the case as only he can. Always reminding that we're all Americans. He know that instinctively.
(Any more and I'll have to bill the Republicans.)
But how do we win? And especially, how do win against a cheating machine? And how did we let that machine establish itself to begin with? I think there are a lot of traitors in our Party.
Democrats have never been able to understand second and third order effects. Mostly because they never even understand first order effects.
They cannot understand, for example, that destroying the Tea Party movement in 2010 led to the populist movement of 2015 that led to the rise of Trump. Not a clue among them at all.
Your observations and analogies are spot on. EXCEPT FOR ONE BIG THING!!!
What makes anyone who has been watching and paying attention the past 50 years think that the Republicans would repay this sort of lawfare in kind? They have shown over and over ad nauseum that they simply don't have the spine or the stomach for this type of bare knuckle politics. And even if a few did (I concede there may be a few in the House) they would be overruled by the majority who would say the typical, "this isn't who we are" BS.
Besides we actually have real time proof that they won't do any such thing. Has any red state AG filed charges in state court against any Dem? No. Has any R Governor told the various alphabet soup federal agencies to pound sand and stop their unconstitutional actions within the borders of said state?
I was really hoping against hope, that Gov. Huckabee Sanders would arrest those ATF thugs who kicked in the door of the Little Rock Airport GM and MURDERED him. Oh, BTW, all dash cam and body cams were turned off during the raid, which is AGAINST THE F***ING LAW!!!
Nope, we are doomed not so much because the Left is doing what the Left always does. No, we are doomed BECAUSE our side doesn't have men and women who are willing to stand up to the Left and stand up for the people.
Thanks for pointing out that the GOP has generally been pretty spineless and Establishment friendly. I think that, sooner or later, that changes. OR the GOP simply gets swallowed up and destroyed, much like what is happening to the Tories in England right now.
I think you are right about the two likeliest outcomes. What I think we can know without a doubt, is that payback will come from people other than those currently in office.
I almost said, currently in power, but as the great Mark Steyn has pointed out over and over, when R’s get elected they take office, but when D’s get elected they take power.
The Gracchi accepted the authority of the Senate. Marcus and Sulla manipulated it, but they also accepted the authority of the Senate. Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar decided to become a higher power than the Senate (First Triumvirate). Look for such a thing to occur and you will know we are nearing Julius Caesar refusing to obey the Senate.
Excellent piece
Thank you!
A very wise friend of mine who's a seasoned politician once told me that his #1 rule was to never grant power to political allies that you wouldn't grant to political enemies. What goes around, comes around.
There are a lot of people, however, who have the rule "If it grants me a little power NOW, go for it, don't consider what the long-term implications are!"
Unlike the rule provided by your wise friend, this rule has a strong tendency to backfire!
A truism for the ages