deja coup

Deja Coup — the surreal realization that two years to the day after the attempted American Insurrection, the same congressmen who were instrumental in the attack on our democracy successfully made a bid for legitimate power on key congressional committees. And on January 8th 2023 history rhymed when followers of Jair Bolsonaro followed the same game plan in Brazil attacking their Capitol building as Bolsonaro looked on in safety from Florida eating chicken fajita. He was later hospitalized for probable deniability — the political equivalent of a mobster being at a wedding during a major “hit”. This is the psychological equivalent of a Vietnam era combat veteran being taken deep into a swamp to watch a fireworks display. Some attribute the world wide rise of a militant and violent right to Steve Bannon; but, others say that he is just a highly mobile pimple on the ass of “this is how it’s always been.” If you were a writer and submitted this as a plot for a novel; your editor would call you a hack and tell you that your writing was heavy handed. This is the kind of world we’ve made!