"Working Towards the Führer"

“Officials are expected to take the initiative in promoting policies and actions in line with the perceived wishes and the goals of the leader without him having to be involved in the day-to-day running of the country.” -Ian Kershaw

Think of what a motivated and ruthless Democrat could do with such a ruling....

President Boebert

Mozart

Oh great, just what we need, another slew of politically correct gobbledygook. English is full of charming obsolete expressions, what’s a few more?

Keep in mind that there are no specific, direct orders for people to behave this way. It's all done on their own initiative. "Working Towards the Führer", as Ian Kershaw put it.

Reminds me of when Pat Buchanan suddenly discovered the presumption of innocence when faced with a former Nazi concentration camp guard...

It's worse than that. Trump's appeal is aspirational. Many of his followers would like to rape women with impunity.

"We’d been building what we liked to call a “procrastination engine,” named Sloth Surf. The app worked like this: A user who had the urge to procrastinate on the internet could come to the site, input their procrastination preferences, and let an AI agent do it for them."

There's no coverup, it's all out in the open. Donald Trump is the most "transparent" president in US history. Transparently corrupt, for example.

Pay more attention to the people who are carrying out these policies, often without explicit orders from Trump.

"Working towards the Führer"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Ker...

"Watchbird" is a 1953 science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley about a society that uses robotic "watchbirds" to prevent murder.

"Watchbird" by Robert Sheckley (1953). What could possibly go wrong?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...

The Cruelty is the Point

Most of those “freedoms” are irrelevant abstractions to many Americans, alas. Same for the rule of law, due process, etc..

You are deaf to the dogwhistle, then?