Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 01/01/2026 Vol.515, Q Day 2988

Farmed, Not Represented: How Champagne Socialists And Country-Club Republicans Built Connecticut’s Chattel Economy

https://connecticutcentinal.com/opinion/2026/01/13/champagne-socialists-and-country-club-republicans-built-connecticuts-chattel-economy/

Excerpt:

.....And every time, I’ve watched politicians on opposite sides of the aisle blame each other.

That’s the lie.

Because the truth is simpler and much harder to face: Connecticut isn’t broken. It’s being run exactly the way it was designed to be run — for the benefit of a protected class that never shares the risk.

They use different language. They fly different flags. They pretend to hate each other.

But when it comes to who pays and who doesn’t, who sacrifices and who stays insulated, champagne socialists and country-club Republicans land on the same side every time.

.....fter a meet-and-greet tied to Erin Stewart’s political circle, several Republicans reached out to me directly. These weren’t party insiders. They were homeowners. Blue-collar conservatives. People who work, pay taxes, and don’t have lobbyists.

They asked me to write something very specific.

They wanted an article that would show, plainly, why their taxes keep going up while certain powerful organizations in Fairfield don’t pay their fair share. Not spin. Not ideology. Just something factual they could point to when they said, “This isn’t fair, and it isn’t sustainable.”

What stood out immediately was this: they weren’t blaming teachers, firefighters, or town workers. They were blaming protected institutions.

Around the same time, I was talking to people on the opposite end of the political spectrum — progressives protesting January 6th, and later people protesting around Exit 15. People who see themselves as fighting corruption, inequality, and abuse of power.

So I started asking them the same question, point blank:

“Did you know Republicans in Fairfield are angry because their taxes keep going up to cover institutions that don’t pay their fair share?”

Almost every time, I got the same reaction. Shock. Not defensive shock. Real surprise. They had no idea.

And when I followed up — “Do you realize you’re pointing at the same problem?” — the room would go quiet.

That’s when it clicked for me. This wasn’t a partisan problem. It was a deliberate separation problem.

We’ve Seen This Before — They Just Renamed It

We need to be honest about something: this system isn’t new. We’ve seen it before. It was called trickle-down economics. Trickle-down wasn’t invented by working-class conservatives. It was invented by country-club Republicans — people who never worried about rent, never worked without benefits, and never had to justify a tax bill that threatened their home.

They sold it to blue-collar conservatives as a promise: protect the top, and prosperity will reach you eventually. It never did.

What actually happened was:

wealth pooled at the top
wages stagnated
workers lost leverage
communities absorbed the damage
And when blue-collar conservatives noticed, they were told they didn’t “understand economics.”

That same contempt is still here. It just wears better clothes now.

Same Contempt, New Language

Today’s country-club Republicans talk about “stability,” “business climate,” and “not rocking the boat.”

What that always means in practice is:

don’t touch wealthy institutions
don’t reassess exempt land
don’t disrupt donor networks
shift the burden downward
Blue-collar Republicans are expected to defend this as fiscal responsibility, even as it costs them their bargaining power, their homes, and their sense that anyone is actually representing them.

Champagne socialists play the other half of the role. They talk endlessly about equity and compassion while building careers inside systems that cannot afford for problems to actually be solved.

If poverty ended, funding would dry up. If people became independent, programs would shrink. If systems were fixed, entire professional classes would disappear.

So crises are managed, not resolved. Suffering is documented, not prevented. People are cycled, not freed. Different rhetoric. Same outcome.

How People Become Chattel

This is where the word chattel stops being dramatic and starts being accurate.

In Connecticut’s economy, people are treated as inputs:

homeowners become revenue units
workers become cost centers
patients become settlement leverage
the poor become grant justification
You are not meant to stabilize.
You are not meant to exit the system.
You are meant to stay just precarious enough to justify the next budget, the next grant, the next tax increase.
That’s not failure. That’s design.

.....In Fairfield, homeowners are constantly told they need to “pay their fair share.” What that actually means is middle-class residents absorbing major tax increases while some of the wealthiest institutions in town remain largely untouched.

Private country clubs like the Country Club of Fairfield and Brooklawn sit on enormous, extremely valuable land. Elite nonprofit schools like Fairfield Prep, Notre Dame, and Sacred Heart University occupy massive footprints.

They all use public roads. Public police. Public fire and emergency services. Those services are paid for by people who don’t belong to the club, don’t attend the school, and don’t sit on the board.

When residents ask why the burden never shifts upward, they’re told it’s complicated. Too risky. Too disruptive.

Funny how disruption is only ever a problem when it threatens people with power.

I live in Connecticut. I’ve watched this happen up close, not as a theory, not as a talking point, but as something people quietly admit once they think no one is listening.

I’ve watched homeowners open property-tax bills that jump so much they have to reread them just to make sure they’re real. I’ve watched people stand up at town meetings — polite, careful, clearly nervous — and ask how they’re supposed to absorb yet another increase when their wages haven’t moved in years. I’ve watched boards thank them for their concern and pass the vote anyway.

I’ve also watched nonprofits expand — more staff, more administrators, nicer offices, new branding — while the same people cycle through the same programs year after year, never really getting out. I’ve watched public money pour into systems that never seem to fix the problem they exist to address.

And every time, I’ve watched politicians on opposite sides of the aisle blame each other.

That’s the lie.

Because the truth is simpler and much harder to face: Connecticut isn’t broken. It’s being run exactly the way it was designed to be run — for the benefit of a protected class that never shares the risk.

They use different language. They fly different flags. They pretend to hate each other.

But when it comes to who pays and who doesn’t, who sacrifices and who stays insulated, champagne socialists and country-club Republicans land on the same side every time.

How This Actually Came to Me

This didn’t start as a political project. It started with people talking to me.

After a meet-and-greet tied to Erin Stewart’s political circle, several Republicans reached out to me directly. These weren’t party insiders. They were homeowners. Blue-collar conservatives. People who work, pay taxes, and don’t have lobbyists.

They asked me to write something very specific.

They wanted an article that would show, plainly, why their taxes keep going up while certain powerful organizations in Fairfield don’t pay their fair share. Not spin. Not ideology. Just something factual they could point to when they said, “This isn’t fair, and it isn’t sustainable.”

What stood out immediately was this: they weren’t blaming teachers, firefighters, or town workers. They were blaming protected institutions.

Around the same time, I was talking to people on the opposite end of the political spectrum — progressives protesting January 6th, and later people protesting around Exit 15. People who see themselves as fighting corruption, inequality, and abuse of power.

So I started asking them the same question, point blank:

“Did you know Republicans in Fairfield are angry because their taxes keep going up to cover institutions that don’t pay their fair share?”

Almost every time, I got the same reaction. Shock. Not defensive shock. Real surprise. They had no idea.

And when I followed up — “Do you realize you’re pointing at the same problem?” — the room would go quiet.

That’s when it clicked for me. This wasn’t a partisan problem. It was a deliberate separation problem.

We’ve Seen This Before — They Just Renamed It

We need to be honest about something: this system isn’t new. We’ve seen it before. It was called trickle-down economics. Trickle-down wasn’t invented by working-class conservatives. It was invented by country-club Republicans — people who never worried about rent, never worked without benefits, and never had to justify a tax bill that threatened their home.

They sold it to blue-collar conservatives as a promise: protect the top, and prosperity will reach you eventually. It never did.

What actually happened was:

wealth pooled at the top
wages stagnated
workers lost leverage
communities absorbed the damage
And when blue-collar conservatives noticed, they were told they didn’t “understand economics.”

That same contempt is still here. It just wears better clothes now.

Same Contempt, New Language

Today’s country-club Republicans talk about “stability,” “business climate,” and “not rocking the boat.”

What that always means in practice is:

don’t touch wealthy institutions
don’t reassess exempt land
don’t disrupt donor networks
shift the burden downward
Blue-collar Republicans are expected to defend this as fiscal responsibility, even as it costs them their bargaining power, their homes, and their sense that anyone is actually representing them.

Champagne socialists play the other half of the role. They talk endlessly about equity and compassion while building careers inside systems that cannot afford for problems to actually be solved.

If poverty ended, funding would dry up. If people became independent, programs would shrink. If systems were fixed, entire professional classes would disappear.

So crises are managed, not resolved. Suffering is documented, not prevented. People are cycled, not freed. Different rhetoric. Same outcome.

How People Become Chattel

This is where the word chattel stops being dramatic and starts being accurate.

In Connecticut’s economy, people are treated as inputs:

homeowners become revenue units
workers become cost centers
patients become settlement leverage
the poor become grant justification
You are not meant to stabilize.
You are not meant to exit the system.
You are meant to stay just precarious enough to justify the next budget, the next grant, the next tax increase.
That’s not failure. That’s design.

Fairfield, By Name — Not in Theory

Let’s talk about Fairfield specifically, because this isn’t abstract.

In Fairfield, homeowners are constantly told they need to “pay their fair share.” What that actually means is middle-class residents absorbing major tax increases while some of the wealthiest institutions in town remain largely untouched.

Private country clubs like the Country Club of Fairfield and Brooklawn sit on enormous, extremely valuable land. Elite nonprofit schools like Fairfield Prep, Notre Dame, and Sacred Heart University occupy massive footprints.

They all use public roads. Public police. Public fire and emergency services. Those services are paid for by people who don’t belong to the club, don’t attend the school, and don’t sit on the board.

When residents ask why the burden never shifts upward, they’re told it’s complicated. Too risky. Too disruptive.

Funny how disruption is only ever a problem when it threatens people with power.

This Is the Farming

This is what “farmed” actually looks like.

Conservatives are farmed into defending “stability” that never benefits them.
Progressives are farmed into defending “help” that never ends dependency.
Homeowners are farmed into paying more.
Protesters are farmed into fighting each other.
And the institutions in the middle — with exemptions, grants, donors, and access — remain untouched.

No accountability. No shared sacrifice. No real reform.

.....The Divide That Matters

Connecticut’s real divide isn’t partisan.

It’s between people who: work, pay, comply, and sacrifice and institutions that: extract, manage, and insulate.

Champagne socialists and country-club Republicans built this chattel economy together, even while pretending to be enemies.

And the moment people stop being farmed into narratives and start comparing notes, tax bills, and exemption lists, the whole thing starts to fall apart.

That’s why this conversation is discouraged.

That’s why it’s framed as partisan.

And that’s why it matters that it’s finally being said out loud.
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Even though article is about Connecticut you could substitute any state and come to similar conclusions. This article is a good description of the Uniparty.

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