Trump, Musk, and the digital control grid

Here’s the thing:

I like both Trump and Elon—the former’s definitely winning culture wars, the latter’s making Twitter great again.

Technocracy promises efficiency but delivers a sterile world where human judgement is subordinated to algorithms and profit.

— Hannah Arendt, philosopher

But that’s precisely why the theatre’s so dangerous. The stage actors have been swapped for better, more likeable and believable ones, yet the same directors remain backstage directing.

For example, why did Trump sign and proudly promote Operation Warp Speed? Was he simply ignorant and hoodwinked by the CIA, Department of Defence, and Big Pharma?

Or was he in the know?

All that being said, Trump seems to be winning more battles than he did in his first term and appears more awake, so there are definitely wins to celebrate.

But he’s losing battles too.

I mean, why is he still pushing vaccines? And why is he Israel-first?

Politics is a stage where the actors recite lines written by those who own the theatre.

— George Carlin, comedian

Consider the following

Catherine Austin Fitts says FASAB Statement 56 obscures government spending. In other words, financial transparency’s reduced.

Basically, it’s a rule letting federal agencies alter or hide public financial details for ‘national security,’ allowing two sets of books—one public and doctored, the other secret with real figures.

Why?

To fund secret projects, black operations, and more.

Then there's Trump's right-hand ~~man~~ technocrat, Elon Musk.

'Musk is not a person; he's an operation'

His businesses—like SpaceX, Neuralink, and X—are vital to the digital economy and control grid, disguised as reform. Put another way, Elon’s centralising vast data to enable the incoming social credit system.

Catherine also argues that Bitcoin’s become a Ponzi scheme, rigged to benefit early investors, with massive government and public-private purchases boosting its price. And despite Trump’s ‘opposition’ to CBDCs, digital IDs and stablecoins are the Trojan horse.

The swamp is not being drained.

The mud is just being replaced.

'Stablecoins are the new pallets of cash'

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Catherine is a Wall Street investment banker who served as the United States Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing under President George HW Bush.