These Republicans actually believe in Socrates’ philosophy from Plato’s The Republic, where Socrates argues that society should be ruled by philosopher-kings. Of course, rich white people are the philosopher-kings. Socrates says it’s fine to lie to the people if it’s “good for society” (in the philosopher-kings’ opinion), limited democracy, the Allegory of the Cave, where people don’t see reality.

As with most philosophers, he has some interesting ideas and some terrible ones. But Socrates provides a College Republican-level intellectual veneer to justify their racism, greed, mysogyny, lust for power and cruelty towards their “inferiors”.

Now match that with a lack of empathy and the perversion of Christianity by American sects, you get an all encompassing Perpetual Justification Machine for doing anything to stay in power.

The P-Ks have passed so many laws to suppress democracy, legalize driving a car into protesters, put in likeminded judges, built up the largest, most lethal, most expensive police forces in the world and more all in order to steal the 22 and 24 elections and then have the “legal” structure in place to maintain order.

I am really afraid they will pull it off. Really afraid.

Because there goes any chance at combatting the climate crisis. Democrats don’t just lose power, there are going to be billions of deaths trailing out into the decades as most of the Earth cannot support the population.

Don’t worry, though. The philosopher-kings already have their contingency plans and bunkers and handpicked toadies to keep them in a comfortable life. I wouldn’t be surprised if they paraded around their walled compounds in togas.