March 19, 2021: What Fascists Fear, Modern Luddites, Their Prime Directive

 

“What our fascists fear most is competence.”

        ----from The Quotations of Chairman Joe

What our nascent fascists fear most is competence. Competence in governance restores confidence in governance. With confidence comes the return of rightful demands: good roads and infrastructure, good schools, clean air and water, the return of some semblance of justice, the return of some share of economic prosperity. This the fascist fears because the return to 'normalcy' means and end to the spurious justifications for political mischief; it means the end of the justification for coup d'etat. What need of a 'savior' if all is well?

Enter the ReSCUMlickan Party. Hell-bent on throwing monkey wrenches into the machinery, these modern Luddites seek to assassinate any such return to 'normalcy'; they seek to destroy any attempt to right the ship of state.

As a case in point, Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported in The New York Times that “(N)early two months into the Biden administration, in the thick of the worst public health crisis in a century, the Department of Health and Human Services remains largely leaderless, with President Biden's nominees to run the sprawling agency under concerted attack from Republicans over abortion and gender politics.

“Twenty-three of the 31 top leadership posts at the department—including the secretary of health and human services, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and the assistant secretary for preparedness and response, all critical to fighting the coronavirus pandemic—are held by career officials in acting capacities.” (1)

The list of Biden appointments includes the first transgender nominee, Dr. Levine, which prompted an egregiously ugly exchange with Kentucky's other idiot, Rand Paul, “who likened sex re-assignment surgery to 'genital mutilation' and demanded to know whether she supports such procedures for minors.” (2)

To obstruct: that is their prime directive. When in power vandalize, when out of power obstruct. Do the utmost to destroy competence in governance and with it confidence in the government.

Nevertheless, Biden has set a goal of 100 million injections within 100 days. His administration has reached that goal 42 days ahead of schedule. Shots in the people's arms; money in people's pockets. Despite the worst fascist efforts, he is succeeding where they have only failed.

Convict and imprison.

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1. Stolberg, Sheryl Gay. “Biden's Top Health Posts Remain Empty a G.O.P. Focuses on Culture Wars” The New York Times. Thursday, March 18, 2021. Page A17

2. Ibid.