| The philosophy behind what they're doing comes from Curtis Yarvin. JD Vance is a fan. Yarvin believes American democracy is a failed project and it should be replaced with an American monarchy. He thinks all of society should be organized like a corporation and a CEO of America should call the shots, no elections necessary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23373795/curtis-yarv... https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right... They've been thinking about it for years, including preparing themselves to ignore court rulings. To quote JD Vance from the Vanity Fair article: “I think Trump is going to run again in 2024,” [Vance] said. “I think that what Trump should do, if I was giving him one piece of advice: Fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people.” “And when the courts stop you,” he went on, “stand before the country, and say—” he quoted Andrew Jackson, giving a challenge to the entire constitutional order—“the chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.” And now he's saying it as vice president: https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-comment-questioning-court-... https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/trump-v... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/vance-trump-f... What remains to be seen is how far they will push it: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil... |