That’s because they ARE trying to destroy the US. We can get into the political-social-economic theory driving it, but the tl;Dr is that thanks to Reaganism and the post-USSR embrace of Friedmanist economics, the US has functionally ceded its governing capacity to the wealthiest few citizens. It’s done so slowly and steadily enough that nobody really noticed, but we’re now at an inflection point where the wealthy are ready to try Feudalism 2: we swear it’ll be better this time because we’re the ones doing it.
This is literally, unironically, and without exaggeration what is happening.
That’s because they ARE trying to destroy the US. We can get into the political-social-economic theory driving it, but the tl;Dr is that thanks to Reaganism and the post-USSR embrace of Friedmanist economics, the US has functionally ceded its governing capacity to the wealthiest few citizens. It’s done so slowly and steadily enough that nobody really noticed, but we’re now at an inflection point where the wealthy are ready to try Feudalism 2: we swear it’ll be better this time because we’re the ones doing it.
This is literally, unironically, and without exaggeration what is happening.