The Auron MacIntyre Show - October 03, 2024


America Held Hostage： Progressives Fear Losing Control ｜ 10⧸3⧸24


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Length

10 minutes

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Word count

1,465

Sentence count

96

Harmful content

Misogyny

4

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Hate speech

1

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Summary

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In the first episode of the new season of Rocky s Vacation, host Alex Blumberg sits down with conservative commentator and author Robert Kiyosaki to talk about the role of the administrative state and how it responds to the rise of the Trump administration.

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00:00:30.000 In the United States, the ultimate check on the growth of power was the realization that,
00:00:43.000 through elections, one side would inevitably have to hand over whatever they had built
00:00:47.920 to their political opponents.
00:00:51.100 This seemed like a reasonable way to prevent tyrannical abuse, but the trouble is that America's
00:00:57.340 founders didn't anticipate the emergence of a distinct ruling class capable of maintaining
00:01:03.440 power by capturing institutions.
00:01:06.820 Elections come and elections go, but institutions remain.
00:01:11.080 Progressives realized that by controlling the expert class, staffing the permanent bureaucracies,
00:01:16.860 they could vest significant power within them without worrying about the fluctuations of
00:01:22.000 democratic politics.
00:01:23.000 A weak and complacent Republican party that was frankly just content to be included also became
00:01:31.120 invested in the perpetuation of these institutions.
00:01:34.520 This allowed progressives to sprinkle a few bipartisan appointments into the mix while still ensuring 0.66
00:01:40.640 that these institutions stayed under progressive control.
00:01:43.980 The state could continue to grow, and Democrats could grant nearly unlimited power to these
00:01:50.020 institutions without fear of reprisal.
00:01:52.860 That is until Donald Trump arrived.
00:01:55.800 I will be the first to admit that Trump is a deeply flawed man who was ultimately unable to
00:02:02.120 deliver on a number of his promised changes, but he was treated as a mortal threat by the system
00:02:08.780 for a good reason.
00:02:10.920 As an outsider, he was not heavily invested in the machinery of government or the authority
00:02:16.940 of the institutions that progressives rely on to maintain control.
00:02:21.720 At times, particularly during moments of crisis like the pandemic, Trump did default to the authority
00:02:28.120 of these institutions, which led to some of his most disastrous failures.
00:02:33.100 But the mere fact that he was willing to question the system at all shook the ruling elite to their core.
00:02:39.740 Figures like Mitt Romney will dutifully maintain the status quo until the left regains official power.
00:02:47.100 There's no threat in putting him in the White House.
00:02:50.560 But a leader like Trump was never supposed to get anywhere near the levers of the machine.
00:02:56.580 An incredible amount of authority has been placed in the administrative state,
00:03:00.780 and that power was never intended to be handed over to a true political opponent.
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00:03:36.720 When Trump entered office, the institutions declared all-out war on his administration,
00:03:42.540 breaking rules and disregarding norms to limit the billionaire's ability to affect the system.
00:03:48.260 The media, already hostile to Republicans, unleash unprecedented vitriol towards Trump.
00:03:54.080 A perfect storm of pandemic lockdowns, riots, and what's the newspeak for it?
00:04:00.560 Oh yeah, election fortification forced the real estate tycoon out of office.
00:04:06.020 And the establishment vowed to never let a populist candidate like Trump gain power again.
00:04:11.940 Universities today aren't just neglecting real education.
00:04:14.920 They're actively undermining it.
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00:05:37.320 With Democrats back in the White House, the institutions took swift revenge.
00:05:43.040 January 6th protesters faced extreme prosecution from the federal government.
00:05:48.200 Pro-life activists encountered similar politically motivated charges and sentencing.
00:05:53.380 Those who served in Trump's administration often had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending themselves in court.
00:06:01.400 And Trump's lawyers even feared facing jail time just for advising the president.
00:06:06.800 Trump faced numerous legal challenges, aiming first to bankrupt him,
00:06:11.240 then to remove him from the ballot, and finally to imprison him.
00:06:14.800 When those efforts failed, some Democrats resorted to assassination attempts.
00:06:19.160 The FBI increasingly acted like a Praetorian Guard, serving the interests of the Democratic Party,
00:06:25.800 and the weaponization of the Justice Department escalated.
00:06:28.840 Under the Biden administration, opposing the institutional power of the left became increasingly illegal.
00:06:36.940 Progressives, terrified at the idea that social media might break the hegemonic control on information that the left had previously enjoyed,
00:06:44.240 launched at a giant censorship industry under the banner of fighting misinformation and disinformation.
00:06:51.780 Democratic politicians, worried that they may no longer be able to convince the existing American population,
00:06:58.800 accelerated their ongoing project of replacement migration.
00:07:02.820 The number of immigrants was so outrageous and the process so indiscriminate 1.00
00:07:07.360 that even leaders of major blue cities started to complain.
00:07:10.960 Trump probably didn't deserve to strike that level of tear into the heart of the system.
00:07:17.280 But he did.
00:07:18.260 And the immune response almost killed the system itself.
00:07:22.360 Journalists now regularly draft breathless screeds,
00:07:26.020 warning that Trump might weaponize the Justice Department
00:07:28.900 and prosecute his political enemies if he's allowed to return to office.
00:07:33.720 This seems like rank hypocrisy to conservatives
00:07:36.400 who have watched the Democrats treat the rule of law like a battered housewife. 1.00
00:07:40.960 But the left is doing more than just projecting its own behavior.
00:07:45.760 Democrats have created an incredibly powerful leviathan
00:07:49.180 and unleashed it against their political opponents.
00:07:53.000 Intelligence agencies spy on regime critics,
00:07:56.140 secret police harass and arrest them,
00:07:58.360 and the media incites its audience to violence,
00:08:01.100 sometimes even encouraging the killing of political opponents.
00:08:04.860 Progressives, perhaps unconsciously,
00:08:07.100 know that they've crossed a line that they can't walk back from
00:08:10.160 and fear that conservatives will be just as ruthless if given the chance.
00:08:15.460 Unfortunately, many conservatives still don't grasp the current reality.
00:08:20.580 They continue to act as if American politics follows a strict set of rules
00:08:25.100 where the most convincing argument prevails and power is peacefully transferred.
00:08:30.040 Their calls for civility and compromise
00:08:32.380 fall on the deaf ears of a political movement
00:08:35.140 that knows it has passed the point of no return.
00:08:38.440 The Democratic Party has taken the American people hostage.
00:08:43.520 It has built a leviathan of immense power
00:08:46.060 and recklessly aimed it at its enemies,
00:08:49.080 shattering norms and undermining the rule of law.
00:08:52.420 Progressives know that they've broken the rules
00:08:54.720 and fear that if they ever lose control,
00:08:57.880 they'll face consequences for their actions.
00:09:00.500 This fear might be misplaced.
00:09:03.680 Many on the right lack the appetite for revenge,
00:09:06.940 and Trump alternates between calls for retribution
00:09:09.580 and offering the FBI a shiny new building.
00:09:13.480 Nevertheless, the possibility of a right-wing willing to stand firm
00:09:17.680 still haunts the nightmares of the Democrats.
00:09:20.320 Like any hostage taker,
00:09:23.060 the regime's paranoia grows by the day,
00:09:26.460 and its desperation to maintain control
00:09:28.760 is pushing the nation ever closer to disaster.
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