Trump advocate Laura Loomer flew with the President during the campaign but
finds herself shunned after challenging Elon Musk's pro "H1B visa" stance. Musk deplatformed Loomer on "X", taking away her main income stream.
“It’s outrageous, I worked my a‑‑ off to help President Trump get elected and now I am being retaliated against, censored, and deliberately financially attacked as an independent journalist by one of his admin officials.”
Laura is learning about power and the vagaries of its exercise. Larry Summers noted the "insider" rule:
"I had a choice. I could be an insider or I could be an outsider. Outsiders can say whatever they want. But people on the inside don’t listen to them. Insiders, however, get lots of access and a chance to push their ideas. People — powerful people — listen to what they have to say. But insiders also understand one unbreakable rule: They don’t criticize other insiders."--Larry Summers, Ph.D.
Loomer tied her wagon to a man that has one primary focus, to say and do whatever he needs to in the present moment to optimize his power, wealth and influence while eviscerating anyone who would
stand in his way. Laws are of no impediment or consequence.
She challenged Elon Musk, another man with the same predilections.
Jesse's Crossroads Cafe wrote:
A malignant narcissist does not have friends, supporters, principles, or colleagues.
They have people and things that they use for their own selfish and vain desires of the moment.
They will use you, abuse you, and throw you away.
They will take every opportunity to bully the weak, and bring misery to those who do not have the power to stop them.
If you have ever dealt with a true narcissist, either at work, or among acquaintances, or even family, you will understand that there is no way to reason with them, no way to really work together.
You may serve, and it will not be pleasant, but that is the best you would expect.
The petite King/executive Lord would hold court. The line would form outside his executive office on the 14th floor. His executive secretary would let the crowd know when he was accepting supplicants (lesser executives and managers). They generally went in in ones or twos. As each exited those in line looked for any indication of the petty king's mood. A thumb's up meant stay in line, a thumb's down would clear the waiting area.
The best example of the ultimate malignant narcissist I could think of is Satan. And he will not serve.
So, Jesse, what then are we to do?
Most people who realize we are in a tough spot choose to make whatever peace they need to get by, hope to make a great deal of money, and then retreat to some fortress in a distant land.
Even those who are nominally religious pin their hopes on a 'rapture,' to abandon the world and look on with the smugness of membership in the exceptional.
Jesus taught us to love God and love one another. That requires an abandonment of self service. the
accumulation of more earthly things.
We know what we have been told what to do. We just don't want to hear it, since it is not to our liking.
But that is how things are. And how they have been before, for our parents and grandparents, and their parents, although we like to think that we are special, unique.
Trump II, the digital Caligula, has much in common with the Roman emperors who tormented Christians until they made it the state sponsored religion.
Need little, want less, love more. For those who abide in God abide in love, and love in them.
Trump excessively likes people until he excessively diminishes them. The false adulation is heady and leads one to believe it is permanent, only for it to disappear in a savage whim.
Other lessons for Loomer are the unseen pecking order and the subservient role of women. There are many who seek favor by serving as "an enforcer." Some in this role include Peter Navarro, Roger Stone, Steve Bannon and
Elon Musk. Women are generally objectified and
treated very shabbily. Their personal parts are often there for the grabbing.
Loomer made the mistake of taking on the richest Trump insider, who happens to be his newest enforcer. That gets one "F**KED." Ask Rudy Giuliani. It's a dangerous head trip, the ascent and the subsequent plummet. Tie yourself not to earthly things.
