To say that we're living in unprecedented times...and that they are off-the-scale weird, and getting weirder is to grossly understate what is now happening. I won't recite the long and getting longer list of assaults that the Orange Idiot is inflicting on, not just America, but the entire planet. You wouldn't be reading this if you were blissfully unaware that our democracy and our freedom are in deep, deep trouble.
But, in recent days, I have been thinking back to an historical figure that, while very different in some ways, is uncannily similar to a current personality who is in the news pretty much continuously: Elon Musk.
Sure, Musk is the annointed 'Richest Person on the Planet', but he's a strange mix of qualities and one of the most dominant ones is his apparent desire and his already succeeding efforts to take over control of not just the Idiot, but America and even the planet. His ego knows no limits and he's skilled at using his influence to manipulate and control not only the petulent orange-colored brat we currently have in the Oval, but he has cosied up to Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, and a list of others who apparently think he's a good friend to have. They seem to have no recognition that Musk's plan to dominate the planet by controlling the digital sphere is well underway. I'm not sure they even understand how that could work....but, it can.
Yesterday a remarkable scene unfolded in the Oval Office; The Orange one was particularly resplendent in a brighter orange than even his usual shade, and he sat at the Resolute desk, looking as if he was receiving an enema with molten lead....as Elon Muskrat, in a long black coat and with his toddler son either on his shoulders or on the floor, earnestly picking boogers, held forth for about half an hour. A number of pundits noticed how glum Orange Boy appeared as the Muskrat held court. Here was an unelected South African billionaire of all billionaires telling the assembled press corps that he was very busy demolishing numerous government agencies and essentially demolishing our government. It was a moment for the history books without doubt.
But, here's the thing: This will not last. It's not going to be sustainable as the American people begin to rub the sleep out of their eyes and sit bolt-upright in bed. "Holy Shit! What is going on here?' will come as a rush of recognition that our rights, our very freedom, has been co-opted and then tossed in the bin. Outrage is coming. It will happen as the tsunami of 'Executive Orders' are recognized for what they are, i.e. illegal in many cases and designed to turn the country into a white ethno-state run by billionaires. The people are still snoozing apparently, although there are signs aplenty that they are stirring in their sleep. The fools who believed all the bullshit and false promises are suddenly realizing that they have been had. The various segments of our society, i.e. the farmers, the factory workers, the administrators, the bitter conservatives are all going to realize the scope of the take over...and boy oh boy, are they going to be pissed.
What happens then is anybody's guess. Yes, a second civil war is even possible, but short of that extreme, there will be blow-back and some of it will be full of rage.
In Tsarist Russia, Rasputin came from the great Russian outback, and inserted himself into the Tsar's life, by winning over the attention and gaining a great deal of influence over the royal family. The parallels to Muskrat are undeniable, despite the fact that the two personalities are quintessential opposites. But, people in positions of power felt threatened by Rasputin, even to the extent of rumors going around that he had a humongous penis.
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The upshot of Rasputin's rise to power was so threatening that in 1916, a group of aristocrats assassinated him. And the story of how that went down even contributed to the mythos surrounding Rasputin. Suffice it to say, he was hard to kill...but they persisted.
So, it's of course fanciful to say that we have our own Rasputin in the form of Elon Musk, but, at some point people are going to wake-up to what his agenda is and they will respond to the existential threat that he brings. His ego dwarfs that of the Idiot, who is a simpleton by comparison. The fact that he has more money than God just adds to his veneer of superiority and his willingness to exercise power in ways that harms others is clear at this point.
Trust me: his time in the spotlight will come to an end. Perhaps not an abrupt one if he's luckier than Raaputin....but, it WILL end.
