“Crack-Up #Capitalism”: #Historian #QuinnSlobodian on #Trump, #Musk & the Movement to “Shatter” the State

#DemocracyNow, February 20, 2025

"Who are the minds behind #DOGE, and what do they really believe? Historian Quinn Slobodian says three strains of #conservatism have converged to form the second Trump administration’s #AntiDemocratic coalition: finance-backed #CorporateInterests previously friendly to the #DemocraticParty, #ChristianConservative think tanks who have long advocated for the end of the administrative state, and the online-driven movement of reactionary extremists who traffic in #WhiteSupremacist and #NeoNazi rhetoric. Meanwhile, says Slobodian, 'Trump is a person who doesn’t believe in much, but he believes in #money,' leaving him willing to enact the political visions of these three #ProCapitalist projects. Slobodian, an expert in German history, also discusses the connections between the Trump sphere and Germany’s far-right Alternative for #Germany (#AfD) party, supported by Musk and Vice President #JDVance.'"

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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/20/quinn_slobodian_maga_doge_capitalism
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“Crack-Up Capitalism”: Historian Quinn Slobodian on Trump, Musk & the Movement to “Shatter” the State

Who are the minds behind DOGE, and what do they really believe? Historian Quinn Slobodian says three strains of conservatism have converged to form the second Trump administration’s anti-democratic coalition: finance-backed corporate interests previously friendly to the Democratic Party, Christian conservative think tanks who have long advocated for the end of the administrative state, and the online-driven movement of reactionary extremists who traffic in white supremacist and neo-Nazi rhetoric. Meanwhile, says Slobodian, “Trump is a person who doesn’t believe in much, but he believes in money,” leaving him willing to enact the political visions of these three pro-capitalist projects. Slobodian, an expert in German history, also discusses the connections between the Trump sphere and Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, supported by Musk and Vice President JD Vance.

Democracy Now!

Bible: Jesus healed the sick, fed the poor, and washed the feet of the weary.

Trump Bible: Jesus created for-profit health care, cited supply and demand and raised taxes, and cut off the feet of the weak.

#trumpbible #christianconservative
#fools

Jamie

Pagans organize to resist Christian conservative political action in Colorado - The Pagan community in Pueblo, Colorado makes a statement against a conservative Christian group with political domination ambitions.

https://wildhunt.org/2023/11/pagans-organize-to-resist-christian-conservative-political-action-in-colorado.html

#forgingpueblo #christianconservative #pueblo #pagan

Pagans organize to resist Christian conservative political action in Colorado

The Pagan community in Pueblo, Colorado makes a statement against a conservative Christian group with political domination ambitions.

The Wild Hunt