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		ihsw 5 months ago [flagged] \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to en... Truly, the essence of the Democratic Party and its most important constituents is (checks notes) monarchies, dictators, international conglomerates, and etc(?). Trump 2.0's policies have been a bizarre crisscross of strong-arming of titans of industry (traditional far-left), dismantling of the federal government with reckless abandon (libertarian), and obscene military spending (traditional far-right.) What is the grand strategy here? Creative destruction?

8bitsrule 5 months ago [–]

Making the government small enough to drown in the bathtub? (Grover Norquist's goal)

klipt 5 months ago | [–]

Big military, big ICE and strong arming universities are not "small government" policies.

Volundr 5 months ago | | [–]

These are the pieces controlled solely by the executive branch. The goal is total unequivocal control, not anarchy.

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