2/ That’s a feature and not a bug. This is a move to begin conflating ordinary crime, even political & ideological beliefs, with “terrorism”, and then using the “terrorist” label as an excuse to use military force. Hence Trump’s desire to send in the National Guard to Democratic cities.
1/ Their intent in ordering military strikes on Venezuelans & Colombians is clear. Trump wants to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Notice how they said they struck people of a “Designated Terror Organization” but never mentioned which organization.
Because he thinks Putin can give him what he craves, a Nobel Peace prize for ending the war in Ukraine and opportunities for corruption for himself and his family.
3/ with “terrorism”, and then using the “terrorist” label as an excuse to use military force. This explains Trump’s motive for sending the National Guard to Democratic cities.
2/ Notice how they say that they struck people of a “Designated Terror Organization” but don’t mention which organization. That’s a feature and not a bug. This is a move to begin conflating ordinary crime, even political & ideological beliefs,
1/ Completely agree. Americans r not focusing enough on the military strikes on the Venezuelan & Colombian boats. The Trump administration wants to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home.
"Mass propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow"
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
2/ who is irritated people always want to talk to his college professor brother, even though he makes more money than him”. Intelligent people make MAGA supporters feel inferior, the same way Trump feels when he sees Obama.
1/ Completely agree. The rage that MAGA channels is not "the anti-system rage of a low education person with no hope and no good job prospects" but instead, "the anti-system rage of a low educated locally well to do guy”,
