Survival And Solidarity

In a prior post, I wrote about the merger of the techno-fascists, as represented by Elon Musk, and the white Christian nationalists, as represented by OMB head Russ Vought, and their seemingly now unstoppable effort to destroy democratic governance and replace it with an AI-powered version of Christian theocracy. With the DOJ’s openly corrupt quid pro quo to drop the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Attorney General Bondi’s assurances to Apple and Google that she will not prosecute them for breaking the law re TikTok, and the now repeated instances of the administration flagrantly disobeying court orders, it is readily apparent that the rule of law is dead. Similarly, the illegal mass firings, unlawful agency closures, and unconstitutional impoundments, even clawbacks, of legally authorized funding make clear that vast swaths of the federal government are systematically being dismantled. That destruction will very shortly flow down to the states, where much of federal government policy gets implemented, as the funding cuts eliminate personnel and programs, putting even more pressure of financially strapped state budgets.

The post-New Deal world that we all grew up in is gone. Forever. The breadth and speed of the withdrawal of government services and the destruction of state capacity may not be as devastating as what we saw with in Russia and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communism, but it will still be horrific. The courts cannot stop it; they cannot keep up with it; they can only delay it. Most Americans are not aware that their government is…