Somehow as this unfolds I ruminate on Orwell’s “Animal Farm”, “1984”, and Kubrick’s”Dr. Strangelove (a movie in case younger folks are unaware of it).
DOGE comes directly out of 1984..–“Department of Government Efficiency” it sounds a little like “The Ministries of Truth, Love, Plenty, and Peace”– maybe next week they will show up.
Our legal system’s regression reminds me of Animal Farm’s “All Animals Are Equal but Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others” except that I replace the animal reference with pigs as it’s more descriptive of now.
And lastly Strangelove with Musk’s “sieg heil” reminding me of Strangelove’s (Peter Sellers) abortive but clearly similar genuflection to Hitler. And Trump yesterday deciding to take over Gaza is a little like Gen. Buck Turgidson (George C. Scott) launching a nuclear war on a whim. The ineffectual resistance from Repubs and Dems is a little like Capt. Lionel Mandrake’s (also Peter Sellers) futile attempt to stop the war. But now, in addition to annihilating a people the goal is to make money by privatizing the occupation. A little like Keenan Wynn’s “Bat Guano” and his reverence for and defense of the private property of the Coca Cola company.
Very eerie times.
Medicynic 