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| This is Godfather/mob government where you have to watch your back for rivals who are also seeking the power & the glory, forever and ever, Amen. |
See below for some notes and links I've been capturing about recent far-right and MAGA internal tensions. The MAGA movement thinks of Government mostly in terms power, personalities and demagogic Godfathers rather than a deep constitution which helps contain ambitious human power & glory seeking. Therefore, I expect the divisions within MAGA and the far-right to become more noticeable as blaming leftists and "wokeists" is eclipsed by inter-MAGA rivalry. In particular notice Steve Bannon's comments about Musk and the Musk vs. Farage contention. But I do like Steve Bannon on Musk....
“Someone please notify ‘Child Protective Services’— need to do a ‘wellness check’ on this toddler.”
We can put that together with the web commentators who refer to Musk as a "man-child".
1. Muddle headed Musk
Interesting article on the gut-reacting E. Musk as he has shifted to the libertarian far-right and amplified and contributed to far-right propaganda and untruths on X. He's a typical case of a would-be plutocrat's "one rule for me..." version of free speech. And also typically, anything other than his "unwoke" views automatically classifies as "woke". Musk feeds into the classic Marxist myths. What a windfall for Marxist & Socialist Worker theory!
Elon Musk's curious fixation with Britain - BBC News
See also: Views, News and Pews: Woke vs. Unwoke
2. A rift in MAGA?
‘Contemptible fools’: Elon Musk escalates MAGA rift
I am quite enjoying the chaos on the right
Cracks appear in Maga world over foreign worker visas - BBC News
Trump sides with Elon Musk in MAGA immigration feud over H-1B visas
‘We’re going to rip your face off’ in visa fight, Steve Bannon warns Elon Musk
‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect
When will these far-right libertarians learn that the whole point of democratic government is to manage natural human disagreement, conflicts of interest and above all ambitious power seeking & glory. Authoritarianism isn't the solution, it's the problem. What we are seeing here is a classic jockeying for power among would-be-autocrats as they attempt to insinuate themselves upon the current big man. Here's Bannon on Musk.....
Donald Trump’s one-time White House strategist Steve Bannon warned Elon Musk Tuesday that he and other MAGA diehards are going to “rip your face off” unless Musk smartens up and stops pushing visas for skilled foreign workers to take good-paying tech industry jobs away from Americans.
He instructed Musk to “sit back and study” to understand MAGA’s - and what supporters believed was Trump’s - America First stance to keep U.S. jobs for Americans.
“They’re recent converts,” Bannon said Tuesday on his War Room podcast, referring to Musk and other tech-world Trump supporters.
“We love converts,” Bannon noted. “But the converts sit in the back and study for years and years and years to make sure you understand the faith and you understand the nuances of the faith and understand how you can internalize the faith.”
Don’t “come up and go to the pulpit in your first week here and start lecturing people about the way things are going to be,” Bannon added. “If you’re going to do that, we’re going to rip your face off.”
Also from Steve Bannon on Musk....
Steve Bannon joined the MAGA immigration civil war with gusto on Friday, calling Elon Musk a “toddler,” and telling the owner of X to “bring it.”
As Musk doubled down on his support for H-1B work visas and criticism of American workers, Bannon posted on the social media platform Gettr: “Someone please notify ‘Child Protective Services’— need to do a ‘wellness check’ on this toddler.”
The former Trump adviser and War Room podcast host made the post in reaction to Musk telling a critic of his stance on immigration to “f*** yourself in the face.”
In Bannon isn't factoring in ambitious human power & status seeking (Unless regulated by a deep democratic system of accountability)
3. Interesting...
'He won't be joining': Nigel Farage rejects Tommy Robinson after support from Elon Musk
Mr Musk endorsed the far-right activist and claimed Robinson was "telling the truth" about grooming gangs, writing on X: "Free Tommy Robinson".
Speaking to broadcasters ahead of the start of Reform UK's East Midlands Conference tonight, party leader Mr Farage did not directly address Mr Musk's comments, but said: "He has a whole range of opinions, some of which I agree with very strongly, and others of which I'm more reticent about."
He went on to say that having Mr Musk's support is "very helpful to our cause", describing him as "an absolute hero figure, particularly to young people in this country".
He continued: "Everyone says, well, what about his comments on Tommy Robinson? Look, my position is perfectly clear on that. I never wanted Tommy Robinson to join UKIP, I don't want him to join Reform UK, and he won't be."
As usual Farage is very shrewd! See also here...
Nigel Farage distances himself from Elon Musk on Tommy Robinson - BBC News
When egos collide: Trump could be next after angry Musk turns on Farage
