JoannaFeb 2
Robert Reich
Feb 2 at 5:15pmWeb
Show threadhskzoomFeb 2

@rbreich

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social
Trump's problem is that so many
Americans —including his MAGA
base — believed that he'd expose
a cabal of powerful global elites.
But every day it's becoming more
and more clear
Trump is part
of that cabal of/
powerful global
elites himself.
Expect him to lash out as the
walls close in.

#Trumpliar #putinpuppet #EpsteinFiles

Show threadDoomsdaysCWFeb 2
TY for the AltText, @hskzoom !@rbreich
Show threadRobin BartonFeb 2
@rbreich Well, to be fair, he has exposed an evil cabal of billionaires but maybe not in the way the people expected
Show threadThrash CardiomFeb 2
@rbreich How was it ever unclear that he was a part of the global elite? People do like to fool themselves.
Show threadWm.sonFeb 2

@rbreich

Honestly, I appreciate this post, but we have been seing these sicne 2016.

Every step he takes we see these "This is the end of him."
"THIS will break his base."
"This time, he's really backed into a corner."
"It's over for him now after xx event."

It's exhausting enough to follow his destruction and chaos, but then to have repeated shots of hope dangled in order for you and others to get clicks, well, it's wearing very thin.

Show threadchris actualFeb 2
@Sfwmson @rbreich The cottage industry of online liberal rage/justice peddlers really needs to be sat down and talked to.
Show threadWm.sonFeb 2

@lackattack @rbreich

I mean I DO get it. We all want to see him end. I am hoping for a very messy, very public end, perhaps him snapping away from whatever reality he's in and to begin babbling and pooping himself. His aides will have to drag him out.

But yeah. I didn't post stretching to these too much, notwithstanding this complaint.
I doubt very much Mr Reich will see it.

Show threadchris actualFeb 2

@Sfwmson @rbreich absolutely. and to your point, these guys have been making these claims now for a decade. Trump still not in jail, trump still president, republicans still support him. Democrats still craven (Schumer and co).

It leads people on to thinking something is actually happening and borders on lying.

Show threadchris actualFeb 2
@rbreich I'm looking around and seeing no walls
Show threadEuan MasonFeb 2
@rbreich “Expose a cabal of global elites” is a #conspiracy theory. Why not just say that the gap between rich and poor has widened dramatically since the 1980s so that the super rich have too much influence over political parties? We need taxation to be more progressive & unions to be less restricted by legislation. Moreover, #climatechange policies are so far ineffective. On all those counts #Trump is an abject failure, along with his inability to understand the US constitution. #uspol
Show threadDavid BramianFeb 2
@TreeStarMan @rbreich
Pretty sure when a conspiracy is uncovered by subpoena and verified in a court documents it ceases to become a theory
Show threadEuan MasonFeb 3
@davbram @rbreich Conspiracy: "An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act". Cabal: "A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers. A secret plot." Clearly politicians in the western world are overly influenced by donations from rich listers, but it's not a secret cabal of elites - that's just a conspiracy theory. The influence of the rich is bad enough. Claiming that they get together secretly to plan it undermines our credibility and gives them too much credit.
Show threadDavid BramianFeb 3
@TreeStarMan @rbreich
You literally just described most right wing think tanks including project 2025, dozens of law enforcement agencies, several nation-state intelligence organizations, and fascist regimes. These are factual conspiracies, so common as to be banal, who routinely use the term "conspiracy theory" to deflect legitimate critical analysis. Mythologised conspiracies (e.g. Majestic-12, Illuminati, elders of Zion) are often promoted by these groups to suppress criticism.
Show threadEuan MasonFeb 3
@davbram @rbreich There’s no point in labelling a think tank as a “conspiracy”. They are not illegal and they apparently prefer to publicise their opinions rather than remain secret. Put your effort into countering their opinions rather than calling them names. Engage in argument rather than name calling.
Show threadDavid BramianFeb 3

@TreeStarMan @rbreich
Engaging in argument precisely what I'm doing right now!

Think tanks ARE illegal if their focus is illegal activity such as racketeering, corruption, election subversion, or regime change. Conspiracy is a crime.

This is why it's important to call it what it is. Laws against conspiracy exist for a reason.

Show threadEuan MasonFeb 4
@davbram @rbreich We'll have agree to disagree about this. I think much more is accomplished by giving people the benefit of the doubt and assuming that they'll behave honorably. Simple name calling never accomplishes very much unless it's backed by evidence, in which case, present the evidence and focus on that.
Show threadKevin RussellFeb 2

@rbreich

Very very good post.👆 Boost please.

Show threadSpaceLifeFormFeb 2

@rbreich

Projectionism writ large. It is an old ploy to blame a bogeyman to deflect attention. Fewer are falling for it these days.

Show threadDiana 🇪🇺🇺🇦Feb 2
@rbreich democrats must literally save the world 🌎
Show threadApril’s FoolFeb 2

@rbreich ALT TEXT:

Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social
Trump's problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he'd expose a cabal of powerful global elites.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that cabal of powerful global elites himself.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.