Bannon: Trump administration is in unending battle for 'deconstruction of the administrative state'

[highplainsdem]

Source: WaPo

Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s reclusive chief strategist and the intellectual force behind his nationalist agenda, said Thursday that the new administration is locked in an unending battle against the media and other globalist forces to “deconstruct” an outdated system of governance.

In his first public speaking appearance since Trump took office, Bannon made his comments alongside White House chief of staff Reince Priebus at a gathering of conservative activists. They sought to prove that they are not rivals but partners in fighting on Trump’s behalf to transform Washington and the world order.

“They’re going to continue to fight,” Bannon said of the media, which he repeatedly described as “the opposition party,” and other forces he sees as standing in the president’s way. “If you think they are giving you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken.”

Atop Trump’s agenda, Bannon said, was the “deconstruction of the administrative state” — meaning a system of taxes, regulations and trade pacts that the president and his advisers believe stymie economic growth and infringe upon one’s sovereignty.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/23/bannon-trump-administration-is-in-unending-battle-for-deconstruction-of-the-administrative-state/

[snooper2]

1. So now it's Cliven Fucking Bundy in the White House

[Fast Walker 52]

22. sure seems like it-- racism and idiocy and theft and all

[Cosmocat]

58. This country has stuxnetted itself

We have chosen to infect the very core of our country with a malignant virus ...

[Itchinjim]

2. Holy. Shit.

[Cosmocat]

59. This should have set everyone's hair on fire

but, it is a radical conservative group, so they will just chew their cuds and nod ...

But, any sentient American should see this for what it is - an anarchist in full control of our country.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Bring it on, Booze Cannon

We'll crush you and your keyboard army like cheetos.

[underpants]

6. Booze Cannon

[bullimiami]

4. To clarify. They don't believe in democracy and are seeking to destroy it.

They believe in Capitalistic Oligarchy. Might makes right.

[Eyeball_Kid]

30. That's the right term, except for the fascist police state. Bannon wants NO part of...

...the Preamble to the Constitution (or ANY part of the Constitution, for that matter). Especially the part about "promote the general welfare" of its citizens. Forcing people into poverty and an early death is just the way that a capitalist oligarchy operates. If you're in pain and can't afford medical services, you don't even get the chance to end the suffering quickly. You just die slowly and painfully. Welcome to Trumpy's world.

Behind the veneer of PR and media events, they're just an elitist Death Cult. The rich are buddies; the not so rich are, oh, dispensable and forgettable. We see this in Trumpy's ACTIONS.

[underpants]

5. Mr. Genius just admitted that is OUR country

and that they've taken it.

[Marthe48]

7. Bannon: we have met the enemy

and they are us.

(National Lampoon's Missing White House Tapes)

How much longer do we have to wait to get these enemies of the state out of Washington?

[ElementaryPenguin]

54. The American people - Enemy, Russia - Friends

FUCK YOU, Fat Arrogant Turd!!! Mad Eye Moody. YOU'RE gonna lose this war BIGLY!!!

[canetoad]

8. So, in other words,

Anarchy. But only for the rich and powerful.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Well la-dee-frickin-da

Irrelevant spew. Didn't see anything about health care in that article or anything else that would, you know, keep actual people from being annihilated by our economy.

[hedda_foil]

24. If this is irrelevant, so is the sun.

The chief strategist to the president of the United States stands up on television and says they are destroying everything we value in our government and your comment is that? This is the person who tells trumpelstiltskin what to think, do and say.

[BeyondGeography]

26. Well, I did see the comic value of Reince Preibus pretending to be an anarchist's soulmate

while he pontificated about a Revolution which will never happen. Trump and his 38 percent approval ratings that have R Congressmen ducking for cover at town halls will take on the Deep State, will he? Forgive me if my hair isn't exactly on fire.

[Paladin]

10. Wow! 4 and 5-syllable words from the trump administration!

I bet bannon's back at the White House right now, drawing his boss a stick-figure translation......

[frazzled]

11. Bannius Caesar

Leading us from the Republic to the Empire and supreme dictatorship.

[CrispyQ]

12. deconstruct an outdated system of governance

You know, that pesky 'all people are created equal' crap, along with that 'government of, by & for the people' bullshit.

[OKNancy]

13. just saw on the tube as I walked by... administration is going to enforce marijuana laws

That sounds like "infringe upon one's sovereignty" So does a lot of other crap they are doing.

[Ccarmona]

27. And Then They Say

Trans-gender regulations are a States Rights Issue.
Which is it? They make up policies to fit their twisted agenda.

[Cosmocat]

60. STATES RIGHTS!

I mean ...

[DonCoquixote]

14. I wish I was surprised

So in other words, they want a country without the means to keep any bandit, privateer, corporation, modern-day slaver or self ordained noble from raping, pillaging and plundering.

Not to mention that they will also have no problem with corporations that are really odd bits of foreign states from doing any of the above. Russia's most obvious example of the moment, but for all the trumpet and Bannon's bigoted heat of the Chinese, they might turn out to be the big winners, especially in 2024 when our president Mitch McConnell or Paul Ryan takes the stage at times our country and the sort of science-fiction nightmare that most video game companies would reject for being unfeasible.

Every time somebody says "we have to understand that Trump voters/white working-class/Reagan Democrats" I will look at this and be reminded that at best we can have an armed truce.

[NoMoreRepugs]

15. "infringe upon ones sovereignty??"... WTF happened to these people as kids?

[Phoenix61]

42. Not sure

but it must have been really, really bad.

[hollowdweller]

16. I can't think of a single country that had hands off approach that was successful

If our people and gov't will not act together and are merely a collection of individuals, and not a common culture then we will be passed up by countries where people work together and the gov't intervenes to make the economy and society successful.

[Angry Dragon]

17. They are begging for a civil war

[Fast Walker 52]

21. sure seems like it-- some sort of massive disruption they can use for their ends

[Angry Dragon]

23. So they can declare martial law

[Fast Walker 52]

34. I'm sure they dream about that, but wouldn't it be bad for businesses?

[JHB]

44. Not begging. Maneuvering.

Brannon is the apocalyptic type that wants a final showdown of the good and righteous (which he defines as himself) against the degenerates and barbarians (everyone else). Same stripe as bin Laden, or Maoists that think the system has to be swept away and replaced with their vision of utopia.

And Brannon is on record has referring to himself as a Leninist (in terms of tactics to bring about his blinkered vision).

[Zorro]

46. The Republican mantra for the past 3 decades has been "Government is the problem"

and they are determined to make it so.

[coco22]

55. The outcome won't be..

what they believe.

[lark]

18. Freaking total lies and BS.

He wants the clear the way for oligarchs to control everything and for the constitution and our protections to be removed. It's opportunities to steal, rape and pillage that he wants not hindered by trival things like labor & environmental & healthcare laws. He wants Goldman Sachs and the banks to have carte blanche to steal from us and wants to take away our information so they can screw us privately and it'll be harder to organize against them. He wants barons and serfs and guess which he is and which we are? Everything else is just window dressing.

[Fast Walker 52]

19. Jeez, these people are fucking bananas

[sinkingfeeling]

20. There it is: destroy the basis of US democracy.

[olddad56]

25. Bannon is on record as proclaiming himself as a "Leninist",

when asked what that meant, he said that Vladimir Lenin was an advocate of destroying the state.

so basically, despite his attempt to turn that around onto the media, destroying our democracy is that asshole's goal.

[JCinNYC]

28. Wow

They are really old-school monarchists.

They don't want to just take use back before the New Deal.
They want to take us way back before our independence where monarchies governed people. And the wealth was spread thru nepotism, greedy oligarchs, chummy insiders, and useful idiots.

Works good - as long as your part of the monarchy.
Not so good for everyone else.

They're part of a new world order that believes that western liberal democracy is done for. Democracy is a failed experiment in their minds. That's why they get along with Putin. They carry the same ideology. That's the real connection in all of this.

And they keep using the word "Freedom"
I don't they truly understand what that means.

Their intentionally confusing us by pitting the fight between strong central government (Federalist) vs decentralized (Jeffersonian), which has been a struggle back/forth since the beginning of the republic.

All the while, what they really want to destroy is democracy itself.
That the real "system" he's talking about "deconstructing".

Scary Times indeed

[Blue_Roses]

29. Excuse me while I puke

What a vile man

[mulsh]

31. He's talking about the convergence of government and business. does it have a familiar note?

n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

38. Some Italian guy mentioned it a while back

[bronxiteforever]

32. He is 12 steps short of a 12 step program

[Dopers_Greed]

33. I wonder how many pots of black coffee...

...his aides needed to brew to sober him up for this speech.

[Solly Mack]

35. That man really needs to be stopped. Cold.

He means what he is saying.

[MBS]

41. YES.

Of course, we all knew that that was the plan - all you need to do is look at the staff and cabinet appointments/nominations.

But to hear Bannon actually say it, out loud: chilling.
Evil and darkness personified.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

36. The way they say "the media" and "the mainstream media" - a total misnomer. By now Fox & all the ot

other conservative media are now totally "MAINSTREAM" ... they largely determine how issues are framed nowadays.

[OnDoutside]

37. Somehow, someone has to get Bannon out, whether it is the Republicans, Democrats or

Intelligence agencies. Get him out and Trump becomes so much weaker.

[volstork]

39. Trump is an empty suit.

Bannon has the power. Agree that he MUST be stopped.

[orangecrush]

40. I hope everyone is paying attention

This madman has the keys of power in his shaking hands.

We are in serious danger.

[JudyM]

43. Bannon's hardly an "intellectual force" - ideological, yes, but I'd never call him intellectual.

[eppur_se_muova]

48. Since he apparently misunderstands the term "deconstruction", I'm inclined to agree.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8700803

[JudyM]

50. Right!? Another example of twisting things to mean whatever they want them to mean.

[Lint Head]

45. "If you think they are giving you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken."???????

Sounds like a physical threat to me. Hell. I'll fight that fat asshole. Somebody in close proximity sure needs to. He long lost his Navy physicality. He has all the physical earmarks of a drunk.

[LiberalLovinLug]

47. Priebus was a 'rival'? Uh.....when was that

All I've heard is sloven praise and excuses from that idiot

[nikibatts]

49. This is what that journalist meant by "your institutions won't save you."

The sooner all those folks attending town halls understand what Bannon and crew are all about, the more active they should become.

[Blue_Tires]

51. You'd think it would be a bigger story

for the Trump Junta to openly admit they're appointing incompetents to destroy the departments they're running through incompetence and demagoguery...

I'm old enough to remember when Trump said he only hired the "best people"...

[radhika]

52. They are the best destructors, that's the point n/t

[coco22]

56. Exactly,that is why we..

have to contact the media ,congress and senate to let them know we are not having it.

I heard one of these CON congressmen say he was surprised that the protestors were so informed,they think we are all dummies who can't see and feel what is going on.

[Cosmocat]

62. How ANYONE can be OK with this ...

but, the country is pretty much asleep at the wheel ...

[MBS]

53. These people give me the chills.

I agree with BlueTires that the Trump Junta's admission of their coup should be a MUCH bigger story than it is. Even PBS NewsHour barely mentioned the explosive/damning ramifications of Bannon's speech. It's just damned scary. I keep coming back to this thread/story because I personally find that speech (and Bannon himself) so terrifying.

[Tracer]

57. Deconstruction.

There was a guest on Lawrence last night who mentioned that he thought Bannon was taking his ideas from Jacques Derida, who first posited the idea of "deconstruction".

If anyone is interested in plowing through some really obscure philosophizing about deconstruction, try this:

http://criticallegalthinking.com/2016/05/27/jacques-derrida-deconstruction/

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Derrida takes as his starting point the assertion that modern Western philosophy is characterized by and constructed around an inherent desire to place meaning at the centre of presence. Put simply, what this means is that philosophy is driven by a desire for the certainty associated with the existence of an absolute truth, or an objective meaning that makes sense of our place in the world.

In Positions Derrida explains how the first task of deconstruction is to overturn the hierarchy. This is necessary to highlight the ‘conflictual and subordinating structure of opposition’.7 It emphasizes the dominance of one particular way of thinking over others, and belies the idea of fixed meaning, overturning, and therefore exposing, the existence of the binary and destabilizing previously fixed categories of understanding.

[Paladin]

61. Chris Dickey did a beautiful job of interpreting that phrase, last night....

....on Lawrence's show.

Dickey said that snotty "deconstruction" phrase was a direct lift from some French philosopher, something that went right over the heads of those CPAC clods---but any French audience would recognize the phrase for what it was: a pathetic effort by a would-be intellectual showoff.

Lawrence did a nice job of "deconstructing" Bannon's street person-slob appearance: Bannon does it to show he's immune to trump's surprisingly rigid dress code for his staff---it's Bannon's way of showing that he, rather than trump, is the most powerful person in the White House. Lucky us.......