JDivian Vance, vice president of the United States, is a man of great ambition. He is also a man of great unpopularity. These things generally cancel each other out in the life of a politician. But Vance’s impression of his own importance is so solid that this rule no longer applies. And it appears that he may have found his own conservative Sanhedrin, one willing to pay the 30 pieces of silver it would take to sell out the boss, in the wilds of Montana. From the Associated Press:
Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday made a brief trip to Montana, where he spoke to media mogul Rupert Murdoch; his son Lachlan Murdoch, the head of Fox News and News Corp.; and a group of other Fox News executives, according to two people familiar with the trip. Vance met with the group at the Murdoch family ranch in southwest Montana near Dillon, according to the people. They confirmed the visit to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about it. It’s not clear why the vice president addressed the group or what they spoke about.
Fuck…, this is kinda starting to seem a lot like a standard Thiel style coup. Especially combined with the Trump health reports. On the one hand Vance doesn’t have the popularity to maintain a voter base, but on the other, if he replaces Trump as president he is going to waste no time getting rid of the last remaining scraps of democracy.
I listened to some Curtis Yarvin and some JD Vance, and Vance takes all his talking points. Less eloquently, you can tell he copies Yarvin. Btw from what I listened to Yarvin, he’s a complete idiot just twisting himself into preconceived notions of gubmnent bad.
I spent some time on an interview with Yarvin and I found him so completely underwhelming in that interview. I think the only time I’ve been less impressed with a so-called “intellectual” was when I heard Jordan Peterson being interviewed by Sam Harris some number of years ago.
Curtis Yarvin certainly struck me as someone very, very impressed with himself, but I saw literally no reason why anyone else should be.
Unfortunately I’m not sure his obvious stupidity will be an impediment to his efforts to seize power. Wouldn’t be the first time we’ve been bowled over by a highly motivated idiot.