Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "NYT: Andy McCabe Claimed in Memo That Rod Rosenstein Wanted to Stage a Soft Coup" video.

  1. Stringing you along? Not exactly. More like building suspense/expectation so that the resolution is all the more satisfying. Political theater is now Hollywood, so you gotta tell a good story to have your best chance of competing the sale. I think there was a Major General Smedly Butler back in the 1920's who foiled an attempted coup. We like to think our system is super-stable; but it just looks that way because the entrenched corruption is organized and competent. They would tell us honestly if they could: "If it wasn't for our purposeful direction, the system would behave more chaotically (which means "uncomfortably") and potentially run off the rails, so to speak." Fear eventually produces irrational responses. Unfortunately, big business is afraid of the future--such is the reality of business; so big business acts in its own best interests to limit the dynamism of society. How could you conceivably stop them?!
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