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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 17h \ parent \ on: Ground stop at Newark over Air Traffic Control staffing Politics_And_Law

I'm normally more skeptical of your master plan theories, but I do feel like this administration came in with more of a plan than normal.

I don't think everything's as scripted as you seem to. It seems more likely that they prepared for lots of contingencies and have been more intentional about how they respond to speed bumps.

42 sats \ 4 replies \ @justin_shocknet OP 16h

Intelligence agencies and think tanks planning things years/decades in advance isn't a theory, it's established fact, all that's left to speculation is what the factions are, the overall direction, and how much power is consolidated (if power is not consolidated its more chaotic since the enemy gets a vote)

They didn't rug Hillary's acceptance speech in 2016 without a lot of assets, but if it seems more organized now than term 1 I'd argue that's because power has been more consolidated... not a single democrat voting to end the shutdown isn't out of self-interest, seems to me like they're the controlled opposition (blackmailed, charges pending) that Republican's used to be.

17 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 16h

I don't disagree that people are planning things far in advance and trying to implement them when they get the chance. Where I disagree is usually the degree to which what we see is part of a coherent scripted plan.

I also agree about the increased power consolidation, although I don't claim to understand why or how that happened.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @justin_shocknet OP 16h

I recommend the Q rabbit hole if you get some time, gives a taste of the scale, some of those posts are 8 years old now and things they hinted towards before they were in the Overton window and the direction things have gone since is mind melting.

Just a taste: