Posted on 01/16/2024 1:35:14 PM PST by bitt
In 42 years of practicing law in California, I encountered firsthand what I labeled the BILLIONAIRE-OCRACY. Simply put, California was ruled by a very select and distinct group of very wealthy people who ran all the companies. The faces of the ruling class had names like Willie Brown (the man behind Kamala Harris), Nancy Pelosi, and Gavin Newsom.
But the real power was in Silicon Valley ( Google, Apple, Oracle, Microsoft). Just outside of Reno, the Power Corporations located themselves in an enclave far away from the citizens and installed their control towers. There seemed to be two types: Companies owned by individuals or families and Companies owned by extremely powerful folks like BlackRock and Vanguard. State Street. However you or I viewed it, these folks were extremely powerful, extremely wealthy, and, with little effort, were able to control every aspect of their worlds, including the State and federal governments.
As a trial attorney, I got to know a great deal about this “ruling” class. The fundamental aspect of this “class” is that they believe that they are “ENTITLED” to do whatever they want to do.
ENTITLED is a word that truly should stick in your thoughts. But make sure you clearly define it and understand it as it applies to those folks. It is not what you think. You need a working knowledge of European history-especially the attitudes and beliefs of the then-ruling aristocracy, you know the kings and their “divine” rights attitude.
Here is what I believe is true after interacting with this “class” for 42 years.
Way back in the Middle Ages and continuing well into the 20th century, there grew up in countries like England, France, Italy, etc a ruling class of royalty. They amassed great wealth and power, and they developed the notion that because of their wealth and power, they were superior to the nonwealthy. This superiority was divine- God made them better than the masses, and the evidence of this was their vast wealth and fact of birth.
It is hard to convey to a modern American what this attitude looked like. Our revolutionary ancestors knew it all too well and rebelled against it in 1776. Imagine some individual who, because he was born the son of a Duke or an Earl or a Prince, could walk into your house whenever he pleased, confiscate your money, your food, and even your daughter or son, and do so with impunity because of his superior birth.
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I thought Willie was over her???
Nikki Haley is Barack Obama in a skirt
I'm NEVER NIKKI!
Tricky Nikki
Lots of good stuff in there.
I remember watching these folks take over California.They wanted cheap labor; they wanted no unions. The “inferior” middle-class American middle class was an irritation, depriving them of their rightful ruling status. Lawyers asserting the rights of these folks were an abomination and need to be drawn and quartered ( currently, the federal government is writing into almost every new regulation coming out of the various agencies’ criminal penalties on any lawyer counseling or asserting a challenge to the regulations).
“Get rid of them! “they cried out. Replace them with people who work cheaply, do what they are told, and know zero about their rights. So, they opened the borders and brought in peasants from the hills of Mexico. And they kept them illegal( I knew some who had come to the USA when they were five and at 65 were still illegal) so that constantly these folks were in fear if they did anything the padrone did not like, they would be deported.
And when Ceasar Chavez tried to unionize the farm workers, the billionaires freaked- a Mexican asserting human rights!
The Teamsters came in and crushed him. And then made deal after deal with the “ruling” class. (I represented some farmers in the Imperial Valley and was involved in the Chavez v Teamsters for several years). They wanted to make money off Indian gaming, so they got Arnold Schwarzenegger to agree not to tax the first 2000 slot machines in each casino. They wanted close relations with China as they wanted Chinese money to flow through their companies. And they wanted Chinese laborers to build their devices. So, they arranged for the right people to be elected and made sure those elected folks passed the legislation they needed.
Somewhere along the line, they decided that they just did not need the traditional white men and women who were not billionaires. They wanted compliant people who kept their mouths shut and did what they were told. After all, being genetically superior, they are ENTITLED’ to whatever they want.
So they came up with the “environmental movement” that imposed regulation after regulation on middle Americans and thereby made the cost of living beyond what the middle class could afford. It takes ten years to break ground on any housing based on all the regulations. They passed the “greenhouse Gas emissions laws” that literally stopped all construction of homes until a complete revamp occurred, replacing the single-family dwelling with the Chinese model of high-rise concentrated housing (ten or more 35-story condos all grouped and serviced by public transportation).
They wanted such folks with their “rights” and guns gone. A house I bought in the early 2000 for $450,000 is now $900,000. Meanwhile, the City of Santa Ana, a population bigger than any city in New Hampshire, allows migrants to live in garages so long as there is water (a hose), electricity (an extension cord), and sanitation (a bucket).
I and millions like me left. I filed too many lawsuits in favor of the illegal immigrants, and they shut me down in the Courts and in my business(One of my best clients called me up one day and told me that the owner had instructed that I could not get any more work because I was not gay and that I had filed too many lawsuits asserting the rights of illegal immigrants. One judge openly told me that he had to rule against me as he had received pressure from very high-up people who had targeted me for my beliefs in Constitutional rights.
These wealthy folks- the BILLIONAIRE-OCRACY-were very, very successful. Go to Fresno( speaking English is likely to get you shot). Go to Stockton( run by Marxists passing out universal basic income in the heart of the California agricultural empire that feeds the world). Go to Oakland( homelessness is a growth industry).
All the white middle class is either gone, shuddered their businesses, or are living in their cars or RV’s. Meanwhile, the BILLIONAIRE-OCRACY businesses thrive with their cheap labor and their total control along the Chinese business/government model.
Apple, for example, to be able to hire cheap Mexican labor, built a company town adjacent to their ” 5 billion dollar campus” to house the illegals who mow the lawn and cook the meals. Houses in the area sell for over 2 million. Rents for one bedroom are $3500. Making 15 dollars an hour or less means no roof.
To sum up, the BILLIONAIRE-OCRACY took over California, got rid of all the folks like you and me, and replaced us with a compliant slave class that greeted the Chinese premiere with open and loving arms.
Guess what? They were so successful in California that they wanted to bring what they did to California to the rest of the USA, including New Hampshire.
Interesting article.
I call them the Democratic Elite Party...identify them as they are
After thinking about what I witnessed last night, I was surprised about how the issues have changed. Did you notice that nothing was discussed about Covid and Abortion by these candidates, which were the core issues that the Democrats used in 2020? So what will their core issues be in 2024? It appears that the only thing they are drawing up is ORANGE MAN Hiter, and Orange Man Bad, MAGA are terrorists, Catholics (Latin mass) are terrorists, Parents are terrorists, Israel bad and killers, Hamas good and oppressed. Standing back and looking at it, all the Democrats can sell is RUSSIA and China are at war with us and we have to outspend them..
Interesting article.
The billionaire/s who are funding Nutso Non-natural-born-Nikki are pouringi their $$$ down a rathole.
Great Sean Parnell show today with Rich Baris.
1) A year ago when they planned “indictfare,” the elites of both parties put in DeSoros to fracture MAGA. I don’t think he did that, as I don’t think any true MAGA really ever bought the the DeSoros line. BUT
2) DeSoros’s job was to clear the field for Nick Knack Paddywhack Give a Uke a Bomb.
3) As of now, per Parnell, the DemoKKKrats know they are stuck with Rutabaga. All the infrastructure, fundraising for a different candidate, etc. impossible now. “Too long a runway” said Parnell. I have pointed out that absolutely can’t happen after August, when printing of ballots goes into effect. Any switcheroo after that would result in TWO different D presidential candidates in front of voters, Rutabaga in front of early absentees, whoever is new in front of ED voters. In this case, mail in is actually our friend.
4) Because of this reality, the elites now are going all in for Nick Knack as the last hope of stopping Trump.
Nikki’s not fooling anyone that matters.
A lot to digest in this thread but this conclusion is valid! It appears the GOP is spending over $100 million to prevent Donald Trump from being their POTUS candidate. Rumors are rampant of plans to control the nominating convention this summer.
The bottom line is that neither major party wants their base interfering with their plans. Somehow 'democracy' has fallen from favor.
I am put in mind of the do nothing Whigs around 1850. Their inability to deal with a national crisis - caused by the same non-democratic Democrat Party that is feeding the current crisis - resulted in their organization morphing into the 'Republican' Party ... AND a 'civil war'.
Will the current crisis - caused by the good old slavery party of 1850-60 - result in the emergence of a populist uprising (perhaps the MAGA Party?), AND will that result in another 'civil war'? Has the historical experiment of self government run its course? Has greed and self gratification usurped the rule of the common man ... the end of individual sovereignty globally?
Has the individual shunned the responsibility of popular government? Have we entered the age of the technocrat? ...the autocrat? ...the 'carpetbagger'?
To my mind, the issue of this age is the viability of individual sovereignty. We have seen it crumble with the authoritarian governments of the 20th century, with the collapse of the light of Asia: Hong Kong, the threat facing Taiwan, to highlight a few.
Has the Age of the Individual run its course❓ (Book of Revelations)
Don’t get too worked up about this effort by elites/Nick Knack.
it’s already failed. No, there will not be a coup at the convention. For Pete’s sake, it’s clear that Trump learned his lessons from the 2016 primary and already stacked the deck with his delegates everywhere. That was obvious in Iowa.
Democrats will get the courts to allow the mail-in votes for Biden to count towards his replacement. See Carnahan, Torricelli, and Mink elections to see what Democrats are capable of doing.
-PJ
Nope. Take too long nationally. Would have to go through every state.
Sean Parnell & Baris discussed this just yesterday. The amount of logistics required is absolutely impossible.
Rutabaga IS the candidate and they all know it. They would not be freaking out this way if they could switch. Moreover, NONE of them is within 5 points of Rutabaga vs. Trump-—i.e., they ALL lose worse.
I hope you are right. By this past Thanksgiving some GOP elements had spent at least $100 million to try to block Trump's nomination this summer. What a party! 🤷♂️
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