Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then hand it to them with the well fought lessons of how they in their lifetime must do the same. And if you and I don't do this, then you and I may well spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in America when men were free. ~Ronald Reagan
I saw this earlier this evening.Shock troops.
Shock troops?
Really?
Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon talking about replacing the government with 4,000 "Shock troops" if the Republicans win in 2024.
4,000 people.
Now for comparison, just as a way of showing the scale of this country, I pulled this bit off of Google.
The United States total includes 3,006 counties; 14 boroughs and 11 census areas in Alaska; the District of Columbia; 64 parishes in Louisiana; Baltimore city, Maryland; St. Louis city, Missouri; that part of Yellowstone National Park in Montana; Carson City, Nevada; and 41 independent cities in Virginia.
And these idiots think they're going to, not govern, but rule America with 4,000 people?
Far more likely, the government would cease to function, basic services would grind to a halt and the United States Of America would simply fragment, like Afghanistan did in the face of Taliban offensive and US withdrawal. Which is of course the point and exactly what these goons are hoping for.
The truth is we're far more likely to face those "Shock Troops" as right-wing insurgents eventually than anything else, because conflict and war is what they want either way.
But it's worse than that, too.
What they really want is for each of these 4,000 "Shock Troops" plus presumably every member of the Republican Party, to have some shitty little fiefdom that they rule as Lord.
Yeah, fuck that. No way. Kiss my ass. These people have already shown they can't lead a kid to the crapper, what the fuck makes anybody think they should have power ever again?
And of course none of them is thinking that other people have guns, other people have plans, liberals and libertarians and moderates and various religious groups would be organizing too and that's not even starting to consider that all those government agents, cops, employees, and the military have some extremely useful skills and also have a need to put food on the table. And since money wouldn't be worth much for very long, people are going to take your shit.
I mean, I get that anarchy is the goal of people like Steve Bannon.
I'm just saying, Republicans, in such a scenario you're more likely to end up on the dinner table than sitting at the Round Table with the Knights.
But a Florida Ambulance Chaser whose chief areas of expertise are fucking teenage girls and saying dumb shit isn't going to last five minutes. And if you don't think a wannabe-Rasputin like Bannon sees Gaetz as completely expendable, you have another thing coming.And I hate to tell you this, but on the scale of Warlord vs. Catamite...a lot of these Republicans would end up being the latter rather than the former, for reasons that should be entirely obvious. The average Republican is not Rambo style muscles lugging around an M-60 and hundreds of rounds of ammo with a keen tactical mind and deep reserves of physical stamina. No, these chumps are fat butterballs in suits who do their PT 12 ounces at a time and who are habituated to a system where most of them have had everything handed to them their entire lives.
As an example here, Lauren Boebert doesn't realize that nobody thinks she's tough, nobody cares about her guns, if you've paid attention since she's been in the public eye you know she's dumb as a box of rocks and that all her sexy Gunbunny schtick does is give fat, hairy, sweaty rednecks a boner. Whatever reverses she's had in life, whatever she's accomplished, she clearly didn't learn a damn thing.
I hate to tell you this, Lauren, but you're far more likely to be chained to the dais of some fat, slug-like Republican in a desert palace, surrounded by his retinue of criminals and forced to dance for his entertainment than you are to end up in charge of anything if these people succeed in burning down civilization. These Republican dudes put up with you because they want to fuck you, that's all. None of these dudes are impressed by your puerile antics, either. They don't have time, they're all stylin' for their homies just like you are.
And this shit doesn't really impress anybody else. "Let's Go Brandon" wasn't funny the first time. This is America, if you want to say "Fuck the President" just say it!
I said the same for four years while Trump was in office, and only a few people even noticed, much less cared. When you're in office in America you have to accept that 50% of people will hate you automatically, and probably some on your own side, too.
And I really hate to tell you this, but if you remove the civilization and government and laws that give you freedom and protections and rights...not to mention a job you don't really do...all those guns aren't going to help you for very long. There's a lot of bad guys in the world, and most of them won't care who you are, unless who you are gives them some kind of bragging rights, which makes your situation worse, not better.
If you don't have the guts to say "Fuck the President" I doubt you'll last five minutes in the post-apocalypse, post-civilization wasteland you think you want to live in.And when bottle caps or cigarettes replace the dollar as currency all that extra cash you made selling hats and T-shirts to morons won't mean a damn thing, unless it's still there when the toilet paper runs out...but I digress.
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