Posted on 01/19/2025 4:21:58 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
On Sunday evening, the night before Donald Trump’s second inauguration, scores of “luminaries from across the New Right” are expected to gather for a dinner and gala called the Coronation Ball at the Watergate Hotel. The event is being hosted by the young right-wing publishing house Passage Press, known for publishing the “neo-reactionary” writer Curtis Yarvin — one of the earliest of those luminaries, most famous for advocating a monarchy “run like a startup.”
Today, this upstart coalition of thinkers may be best described simply as the intellectual wing of Trumpism. “Celebrate the inauguration of Donald J. Trump,” the publishing house announced, “with the people and organizations that will shape the culture in his second term.”
The ball will celebrate more than the re-coronation of a president. It seems intended to mark the ascent of a new counterelite with aspirations to supplant the existing establishment in everything from high politics to business and culture. But this is a loose alliance, colored by rivalries and complex divisions. It has brought together people who previously had little in common. Word had it that Marc Andreessen, the billionaire venture capitalist, would be at the ball. Steve Bannon, avowed enemy of the Silicon Valley billionaire class, was to be a keynote speaker.
Many guests were a bit nervy about outfits and expectations. They would also be navigating these fissures within Mr. Trump’s coalition. Mr. Andreessen and Mr. Bannon stand on either side of the biggest of these divides — and the one presenting the greatest challenge for Mr. Trump’s governing project.
It’s a gap in worldviews that went overlooked in the heady days of the campaign. When Elon Musk endorsed Mr. Trump, putting a great deal of personal money and energy into the project of MAGA populism, he joined figures like the venture capitalist...
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"High politics" must be them, and "low politics" must be us.
Elitists vs populists.
Elitists believe in unlimited government of, by and for an entitled, hereditary, autocratic political/bureaucratic class.
The opposite of elitism is populism.
Populists believe in limited government of, by and for the people.
Them sitting up there is like the top generals of Japan sitting down after the war.
They were agreeing to the terms of surrender...
In the modern era, people can have their say via sites like Free Republic.
Our political system, like our courts, works on an adversarial basis.
I await the DOGE contribution to the process.
I have suggested that as a general principle that what only the federal government can do is all the federal government should do.
I like Bannon’s stance on H1B.
I would not call it alliance.
Agreed. IMHO, the techs are afraid of the Republican controlled DC getting rid of Section 230.
I hope every billionaire that backed Trump’s return becomes a trillionaire. As long as they are pro-American, let them do whatever they need to do to build and invest in America. In other words, roll out the red carpet for all pro-American wealthy investors. Beats the hell out of communism.
You’re the New Yawk Slimes. You tell us.
As of a couple of days ago, Facebook hasn’t changed. They’re still banning Christian sights for a wrong speak. They will also ban the author’s personal Facebook.
As do I, if only others would listen. We don’t need to hand out good jobs to temporary immigrants when plenty of Americans want and have trained for them. Pisses me off that it’s only because foreigners do the jobs cheaper.
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