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Mia Wong

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
6381 total appearances

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

But like we're not at that point yet. But we're at the point is where like this this kind of like under like this kind of fascist understanding of the nation and masculinity and like the concrete versus the abstract and like these figures can be like embodied in history. This is also what the administration is doing with immigrants, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

It's like casting them in that role of like the abstract, like the foreigner, the national, like the anti-national.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

It's like casting them in that role of like the abstract, like the foreigner, the national, like the anti-national.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

It's like casting them in that role of like the abstract, like the foreigner, the national, like the anti-national.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Yeah. And this is causing an interesting split because Trump's like political coalition, right, has a bunch of kind of different kinds of fascists in a lot of ways. We're like Trump and Navarro.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Yeah. And this is causing an interesting split because Trump's like political coalition, right, has a bunch of kind of different kinds of fascists in a lot of ways. We're like Trump and Navarro.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Yeah. And this is causing an interesting split because Trump's like political coalition, right, has a bunch of kind of different kinds of fascists in a lot of ways. We're like Trump and Navarro.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And like, I mean, Trump is instinctually pro-tariff and like he can be talked out of it because, again, this guy's brain, like we saw this in the last administration, like the last person in the room with him can convince him of basically anything. But, you know, those people are structurally committed to, like, this specific version of masculinity.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And like, I mean, Trump is instinctually pro-tariff and like he can be talked out of it because, again, this guy's brain, like we saw this in the last administration, like the last person in the room with him can convince him of basically anything. But, you know, those people are structurally committed to, like, this specific version of masculinity.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And like, I mean, Trump is instinctually pro-tariff and like he can be talked out of it because, again, this guy's brain, like we saw this in the last administration, like the last person in the room with him can convince him of basically anything. But, you know, those people are structurally committed to, like, this specific version of masculinity.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And there's a lot of portions of the right that are and that are committed to, like, this trade policy as, like, the America first, American nationalist thing. But, like, someone like Elon Musk isn't that committed to this? And, like, even a lot of the people who are, like, the inner circle sort of, like, Yarvin, like, tech fascist, right? Are like, okay, but hold on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And there's a lot of portions of the right that are and that are committed to, like, this trade policy as, like, the America first, American nationalist thing. But, like, someone like Elon Musk isn't that committed to this? And, like, even a lot of the people who are, like, the inner circle sort of, like, Yarvin, like, tech fascist, right? Are like, okay, but hold on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And there's a lot of portions of the right that are and that are committed to, like, this trade policy as, like, the America first, American nationalist thing. But, like, someone like Elon Musk isn't that committed to this? And, like, even a lot of the people who are, like, the inner circle sort of, like, Yarvin, like, tech fascist, right? Are like, okay, but hold on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Like, we make all of our shit in China. So, like... You know, and this is why, like, Elon is coming against the terrorists because, like, yeah, they're going to fuck him, like, because he has to import stuff and export stuff from China because that's where a bunch of his production facilities are, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Like, we make all of our shit in China. So, like... You know, and this is why, like, Elon is coming against the terrorists because, like, yeah, they're going to fuck him, like, because he has to import stuff and export stuff from China because that's where a bunch of his production facilities are, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Like, we make all of our shit in China. So, like... You know, and this is why, like, Elon is coming against the terrorists because, like, yeah, they're going to fuck him, like, because he has to import stuff and export stuff from China because that's where a bunch of his production facilities are, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And, you know, and once you get out of the circle of, like, that kind of, like, tech fascist, right, and the tech people are the people who are the most closely aligned with this administration, right? Like, in terms of, like, all the sectors of capital, tech is the most closely aligned one. But, you know, you can get out into, like, places like fucking Walgreens and Walmart, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And, you know, and once you get out of the circle of, like, that kind of, like, tech fascist, right, and the tech people are the people who are the most closely aligned with this administration, right? Like, in terms of, like, all the sectors of capital, tech is the most closely aligned one. But, you know, you can get out into, like, places like fucking Walgreens and Walmart, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And, you know, and once you get out of the circle of, like, that kind of, like, tech fascist, right, and the tech people are the people who are the most closely aligned with this administration, right? Like, in terms of, like, all the sectors of capital, tech is the most closely aligned one. But, you know, you can get out into, like, places like fucking Walgreens and Walmart, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And these are also, like, the Waltons, as a family, are, like, traditional backers of the right for ages and ages and ages, right? They've been backers of far-right causes. They also don't want this because also their entire supply chains work through fucking China and work through moving a bunch of, like, commodities around.