The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election & The Thirty Tyrants

The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
BY MOLLY BALL FEBRUARY 4, 2021
With reporting by LESLIE DICKSTEIN, MARIAH ESPADA and SIMMONE SHAH



The Thirty Tyrants
The deal that the American elite chose to make with China has a precedent in the history of Athens and Sparta
BY
LEE SMITH
FEBRUARY 03, 2021

What seems clear is that Biden’s inauguration marks the hegemony of an American oligarchy that sees its relationship with China as a shield and sword against their own countrymen. Like Athens’ Thirty Tyrants, they are not simply contemptuous of a political system that recognizes the natural rights of all its citizens that are endowed by our creator; they despise in particular the notion that those they rule have the same rights they do. Witness their newfound respect for the idea that speech should only be free for the enlightened few who know how to use it properly. Like Critias and the pro-Sparta faction, the new American oligarchy believes that democracy’s failures are proof of their own exclusive right to power—and they are happy to rule in partnership with a foreign power that will help them destroy their own countrymen.