Bannon: Man behind the MAGA curtain, has big plans for the world.

[elkduds]

Its a long read, and looks far into the future.

Opinion | My Unsettling Interview With Steve Bannon

On the eve of going to prison, populism’s grand strategist talks about what another Trump presidency would look like and the rise of MAGA-type movements around the world.

www.nytimes.com

 

[BigHornRam]

Skimmed it. Bannon is definitely a nut job. Interesting response here that caught my eye.

"After the financial crisis I thought it would be a great time to be a leftist. You’ve got a financial crisis caused by irresponsible capitalism, wages are stagnant, inequality is rising. Heck, even I almost turned into a Marxist. But somehow this has been a better era for the populist right than the populist left."

 

[RG300]

Interesting read, even more interesting are the comments at the end of the article....most of which denounce Bannon as a dangerous Fascist lunatic. Would be interesting to see Garland who is now under contempt charges by the house in the same cell with Bannon....

 

[SAJ-99]

Interesting read, even more interesting are the comments at the end of the article....most of which denounce Bannon as a dangerous Fascist lunatic. Would be interesting to see Garland who is now under contempt charges by the house in the same cell with Bannon....

Garland is a government employee and I'll bet he knows the law a little better than Bannon.

 

[Wildabeest]

Garland is a government employee and I'll bet he knows the law a little better than Bannon.

Does the law really matter these days? It seems the rich and powerful have acutely figured out how to bring any wheels of justice to a grinding halt.

 

[RG300]

Garland is a government employee and I'll bet he knows the law a little better than Bannon.

kind of ironic then that garland is facing contempt charges then uh?

 

[noharleyyet]

Garland is a government employee and I'll bet he knows the law a little better than Bannon.

Agree, let me expand; he certainly knows how to selectively enforce.

 

[SAJ-99]

Agree, let me expand; he certainly knows how to selectively enforce.

Selective enforcement is the name of the game. Ask Jim Jordan.

 

[ammo]

Personally I think this is my favorite coverage of Steve Bannon:

The Onion Remembers Steve Bannon, Trump’s Most Encrusted Advisor

The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source.

www.theonion.com

 

[noharleyyet]

Selective enforcement is the name of the game. Ask Jim Jordan.

Of course, both of us could sell from both sides of the desk on this subject. It's shiny coin uni-policy.

 

[ignorethefringes]

In before the lock. . .

It's like y'all couldn't hear Randy's tone in that multiple account post . . .

 

[elkduds]

The gist of this article is that Trump is a tool (pun intended) of the even-farther-right, steering our politics toward fascism. My read, anyway.

You do you.


If this is over the line for HT content, I will take it down, with apologies.

 

[noharleyyet]

In before the lock. . .

It's like y'all couldn't hear Randy's tone in that multiple account post . . .

I think it's been quite civil which part tires you?

 

[Chama Grande]

The part where he gets incensed regarding the Civil War and the South and calls Lincoln a 'military dictator' is something else. A modern day Confederate.

 

[SAJ-99]

Of course, both of us could sell from both sides of the desk on this subject. It's shiny coin uni-policy.

Agree 100%. Bannon is the OG of "blame other people for your problems", most of which was founded in xenophobia. But Bannon has a net worth in the tens of million of $s, so he doesn't exactly have the same problems as the people he is speaking to.

 

[BigHornRam]

The gist of this article is that Trump is a tool (pun intended) of the even-farther-right, steering our politics toward fascism. My read, anyway.

You do you.
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My jist of the interview, is that Bannon is a control freak that would/will use any means necessary left or right to seize power. The biggest danger of "populists". Thankfully he is an exposed kook, and his populist popularity is waning.

 

[NDGuy]

Thankfully he is an exposed kook, and his populist popularity is waning.

The problem I fear is that those that will/are taking his and others place are worse.

 

[Beignet]

How in the world did this guy get a pass from the Lizard People theorists?

 

[BigHornRam]

The problem I fear is that those that will/are taking his and others place are worse.

The world is full of kooks. Can't live your life in constant fear of them.

 

[NDGuy]

The world is full of kooks. Can't live your life in constant fear of them.

I can when they are making decisions that will impact my children and grandchildren.