Category: Cold Civil War

Musk As Trump’s Downfall (Maybe)

By Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I just don’t see any endgame in the severe crisis we’re in where things go “back to normal.” Either we become a plutocratic autocracy or we collapse and are reborn as a Third Republic in some way. That’s all I got.

The thing about Elon Musk is he’s doing all this shit that Trump is too lazy, stupid and unfocused to pull off. What gets me is all these fascist tech bros who are coming out of the woodwork in ardent support of Emperor Musk. It’s all very surreal.

I suppose it’s within the realm of possibility that Musk will do something so dumb and dramatic that even Reds will get upset. But we have a ways — a long ways — ahead of us before that happens. The end of February is going to be a big deal because that’s when Social Security checks go out.

If they, for some reason, fail to materialize, a lot of people — even Reds — will be upset and start to appoint blame. It’s possible that that will be the moment when Trump cuts Musk loose, but it will be way too late.

I can just see it now — we learn that whatever Musk’s tykes did to prevent Social Security checks from being cut will take months to fix and the thinking is that by time everyone will stop being angry and figured out how to live without that regular source of income.

Emperor Musk

By Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’m at a loss as to what is to be done about Trump and Musk at this point. I say this because by the time Blues get their act together, it will be too late. Musk and his tykes are rampaging through the US government at an alarming rate and by the time Blues can come up with a coherent message, the destruction will be complete.

It makes you wonder if Trump and Musk, “Trusk,” destroy the social safety net that a lot of Reds rely on…if THAT might be enough for them to sit up and take notice. I have my doubts. Reds are a now a MAGA Nazi death cult and, lulz, they want what I fear — a National Socialist autocracy.

So, lulz? Is this it? Will the United States go full empire with a Emperor and “elections” that continue, but mean nothing. The court system will continue to exist, but it will be toothless and ignored.

That, at this point, seems like our fate.

I therefore don’t think there is anything that can be done about Trusk. This is our lot from now on, the rest of my life. We will be governed by an unelected plutocrat and that’s that. Musk is so weird, I could actually seem him at some point crowning himself Emperor of America. That would be fun. Ugh.

Martial Law Appears Inevitable

By Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

It seems as though marital law is now inevitable. The scenario is this — in late February, it’s clear that Society Security checks aren’t going to go out as normal. This causes huge upheaval across the country and Trump strikes — he uses Red State National Guard troops on Blue State protesters.

People get hurt, things escalate and he declares marital law. He will probably arrest a lot of people he doesn’t like at this point — many of them elected officials. So, there you go. That’s my fear at this point.

It will be interesting to see how far the U.S. Military is going to be willing to go at the behest of Tyrant Trump. But I also think that the courts and the remaining Congress will continue to function as if they mean something when they definitely don’t.

This Can’t Last

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

They say when you come to a fork in the road– take it. I suspect that at some point between now and mid-April, some pretty fucking dramatic things are going to happen.

Probably martial law will be declared and Trump — and Musk — will rule as a full blow tyrannical dictator. The rest of the government will continue to act as if they have some sort of purpose, but in reality they won’t be jack squat.

One thing we need to keep an eye on is who is going to get arrested for no damn reason in the near future. I think Trump might start to arrest a lot of people he just doesn’t like and they will officially be political prisoners.

But I do think we need to keep an eye on Elon Musk’s skullfucking of the government. When those Social Security checks don’t go out as expected, that’s when the shit will hit the fan. That’s when martial law will probably be declared.

We just have to accept that the America that we once knew is imploding and something new is going to take its place. Either an autocracy or some sort of new, Third Republic. Regardless, things are probably going to get very, very messy.

I’m kind of trapped in the United States at the moment, so it’s not like I can escape. But I am, in general, a survivor, so, lulz. we’ll see.

Renegades of Funk

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

All I got at this point is I’m a survivor. That’s it. I have an obsession with making my abstract fears concrete, so, I really have a tendency to game out things in the future, given if a lot of magical thinking is involved.

It seems as though, for the moment, what is going to happen is Trump will rule as a dictator on a Federal level while leaving the states alone for the most part. This will inevitably change, but, for the time being, the rather decentralized nature of American government will continue.

So, Trump — and Musk — will rule by decree on a Federal basis with Federal elections being moot and meaningless. What are they going to do to Trump? Impeach him? Ha. Of course, the issue we need to think about is who will be Trump’s successor?

I think Trump is going to run for a third term, no matter how illegal it may be. And even though Musk is not a “natural born” citizen, he has billions, so I’m sure we can ignore that requirement as well. It’s at least possible — at this point — to see some scenario where Musk becomes the actual president? Maybe?

I have my doubts about Vance ever becoming president barring something unexpected. I think either Musk or another Trump becomes POTUS and they are Trump’s “true” successor.

Did I Call This Tyrannical Clusterfuck?

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I have be writing for years — years — about every possible scenarios involving Trump as a dictator. And now that it’s finally come, I find myself gauging how much I got right.

The key thing I got wrong was the involvement of Elon Musk. Because he is younger and more focused — and tech savvy — he is doing a lot of the things that Trump wants to do but is too stupid and lazy to pull off. How could I have possibly know this was going to happen?

What I got right was Trump would rule by decree and try to be a dictator. What I got wrong was the idea that someone, somewhere, would care. At the moment, at least, it seems Trump is going full tyrant and…lulz?

I suppose we could say there’s still a huge amount of slack in the system. America is a nation of 330 million people and it’s going to take time before a lot of people even notice that something is awry.

The question is — will it be too late when that happens? When people get woke to the fact that we’re a dictatorship now…what happens? The fear is, of course, that there will be massive protests that Trump uses Red State National Guard troops on…and away we go.

But that hasn’t happened yet and hopefully, won’t.

‘The End’

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

An old order is dying and a new order is being born. What that new order will be, we don’t know yet. It could be that Trump will establish a dictatorship. We will still have elections, but they will be meaningless.

Now, this is where things get curious — we are making an assumption about the U.S. Military. We are assuming that they will sit by and watch as Trump does all of this. And they very well may.

But if things get really bad and Trump makes good on his promise to use Red State National Guard troops on Blue State protesters….oh boy. Things might get a lot more hairy than we could possibly imagine.

It could be that some pretty astonishing things might happen. I have the fever dream that Trump — and Musk — might be deposed. That, of course, unfortunately, would cause a civil war because Red States would promptly leave the Union.

So, who knows. I think Trump is, for the time being, pretty secure in being a dictator. He can just ignore the courts and, with Musk’s help, do whatever the fuck he wants. Who is going to stop him? And how?

I keep blathering about the possibility of a General Strike but…lulz. Blues just don’t have it in them to risk things in the real world and by the time they get around to being willing to do it, it will be too late.

Collapse: Chatter Is, Social Security Checks Are In Danger

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

There is chatter online that the cutting of Social Security checks might be in danger. So, in a sense, we have about a month before we find out if Elon Musk really does want to destroy the social fabric of the United States.

Something like that is what would cause severe upheaval across the United States. Given that old people vote and they usually vote Republican there is a SMALL CHANCE that a lot of very conservative people might have their support for Trump and Musk…fray just a little bit?

And, yet, MAGA is a Nazi death cult at this point so….maybe even the loss of something as basic as Social Security checks might not even budge things. It’s going to be interesting to see how things develop.

I just don’t know. At this point, it could go either way. It really could. It could be that we will be a true dictatorship with perfunctory elections. If that happens, then we would be a lot like the early Roman Empire.

The Ultimate Crisis: Irrelevant Courts

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

When it becomes clear that Trump and Musk, “Trusk,” are going to ignore court orders — that’s when things get really serious. There are already indications that Trusk plans to do just that.

Then, I don’t know what to tell you. If the traditional recourse of the courts is mooted, the already severe crisis the United States is in will be taken up a notch. That will be the moment when a lot of people who haven’t been paying attention might just sit up and take notice.

Maybe.

The American news media is doing such a bad job of covering this developing crisis that…maybe Trusk gets aways with it and we become a true dictatorship. And, yet, without any form of accountability, it’s inevitable that they will get greedy and do something so bad that people get really, really upset.

But we still have some time yet. There continues to be a lot — A LOT — of slack in the American political system and most people are totally oblivious to the crisis we’re in. When that changes — look out — there are going to be some pretty pissed off people.

Now, I have long suggested that what might happen is Trump gets deposed somehow then there’s a civil war because Red States get mad and leave the Union. That, unfortunately, seems like at least a possibility at this point. MAGA long ago became a Nazi-like deathcult so there’s no reason not to believe they would rather destroy the country than accept the end of Trumplandia.

And, yet, it could go the other way. It could be that, lulz, we become an actual dictatorship with meaningless elections and Trusk rules the country until Trump shuffles off this mortal coil and Musk names himself Emperor or something.

Who knows what is going to happen.

The United States Is In A Severe Crisis

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

Holy Shit. I have to say, in a sense, that I predicted all of this some time ago. And, yet, I didn’t. The part that I missed was that it would be Elon Musk , not Trump, who would go full tyrant on us.

Or, I suppose, it’s a combination of Trump and Musk — TrumpMusk, if you will. Mump? Trusk? We need some sort of pithy nickname for this particular diabolical duo.

Another thing I missed is how much political slack Trusk has. These two malignant ding-dongs pretty much have complete leeway to do whatever the fuck they want for the time being.

What’s more, there is going to come a point where it becomes clear that Trusk is going to defy the courts to the point as to moot their power. That will be the moment when things really get out of whack because the traditional blunting and mitigating force of the courts will no longer apply and people are going to start to get angry.

That’s the thing I don’t know about — how much can the populace take before something really bad happens. We are in a crisis with no obvious endgame. Relative to the WW2 analogy, I would say what’s going on right now is the Fall of France – 1940.

It’s going to take a while for the Good Guys to get the fucking act together. And while they do, a lot of crazy bad shit could happen. And, sad to say, I fear for the Good Guys to be victorious, they’re going to have to become Radical Moderates.

They’re going to have to show some grit in the real world. This is not going to be settled in the court of Twitter opinion — this is bigboy shit in the real world where people have to risk their lives and sacred honor.