The Left’s incompetent Nazi

Leftists certainly have an interesting command of the English language.

Minnesota governor Tim Walz, former VP Kamala Harris, Illinois governor JB Pritzker, etc. among many others have routinely referred to their political opponents— ranging from Trump, Trump’s voters, and conservatives in general as “Nazis”.

Multiple CNN “experts” have called Trump a Nazi. Ditto for PBS News, the New York Times, and countless other media outlets.

AOC called republicans “Nazi sympathizers”. Bernie Sanders referred to Trump’s 2024 campaign as “Nazi-like”.

This past June, more than 400 scholars (including 31 Nobel laureates) penned an open letter entitled “Against the return of fascism”, effectively labeling Trump and the MAGA movement a revival of fascism.

A local school board member in Virginia referred to Charlie Kirk as a Nazi, saying “we used to be OK with shooting Nazis.”

Joy Reid even portrayed a desire for lower income taxes as Nazi ideology.

In short, if you’re for limited government, lower taxes, and free speech, you’re a Nazi. If you wear a red hat, you’re a Nazi. If you like law and order, or believe that violent criminals should be jailed to protect the innocent, you’re a Nazi.

Bizarrely, if you support Israel’s right to defend itself, somehow (according to Leftist logic) you’re a Nazi.

But if you are a Democrat Senate candidate with a literal Nazi tattoo across your chest? Well, that’s just an innocent little mistake. Chalk it up to a misunderstanding.

Graham Platner, the hardcore Leftist running for US Senate in Maine, endorsed by Bernie Sanders, had a Totenkopf tattoo for over a decade, before recently having it covered once it became a campaign issue.

The Totenkopf is a particular skull and crossbones used by a unit of SS Nazi concentration camp guards during World War II.

Platner claims he “didn’t know” the symbol was associated with Nazis when he got it 18 years ago. Yet acquaintances dispute this, saying he used to regularly end up with his shirt off at a bar in DC when he was student at George Washington University, and told people it was his Totenkopf.

It strains credibility that someone firmly entrenched in hardcore Leftist politics, with all their talk of anti-fascism and punching Nazis, would not have learned of the association for nearly two full decades.

But it hasn’t hurt him with young Democrats. According to a recent poll, over half of 18 to 29 year-olds still support Platner after learning of his tattoo. His poll numbers have barely moved.

This makes perfect sense, when you consider their stand—and Platner’s—on Palestine and Israel.

According to his campaign website, “I stand with all people seeking peace, democracy, and self-determination. In this moment, that means a clear-eyed condemnation of the Gaza genocide…”

Ah yes, “peace, democracy”: hallmarks of the Hamas reign of terror over Gaza.

But honestly, as ridiculous as this all is, it’s not even the biggest problem with Platner.

A much bigger threat to the US compared to Nazi tattoos and support for Hamas terrorists is that he is yet another simpleton who lacks even a basic understanding of nearly every major issue America faces.

For example, Platner’s own campaign website declares that the reason the US is becoming unaffordable is because “we have a government by, of, and for billionaires, who are building a ‘billionaire economy’ that none of us can afford.”

That’s a great tagline that plays well to his Leftist base. And certainly, affordability is the number one issue for many voters.

LOTS of people with low skill jobs are being left behind. Even white collar workers with six-figure household incomes are starting to feel the squeeze.

Pointing out problems is easy. It’s the solutions that need to be coherent.

Yet Platner merely rages against “billionaires” without actually explaining what he means. HOW exactly are billionaires making the economy unaffordable? WHO are the billionaires that are doing this?

Walmart, for example, is owned by billionaires. Yet in their earnings calls the company routinely announces price rollbacks to help make groceries more affordable. More strikingly, Walmart’s gross profit margin is actually down compared to its pre-pandemic, pre-inflation norm.

This doesn’t sound like a bunch of billionaires trying to stick it to the little guy. This sounds more like a great American business in tune with the needs of its consumers and trying to make food more affordable.

There are plenty of other examples in a variety of different industries of billionaires trying to bring costs down, ranging from technology to healthcare to energy to real estate.

Yet Platner maintains an almost cartoonish view of capitalism, complete with mustache-twirling billionaire super-villains.

And his ‘solutions’ are the same old idiotic socialist talking points: breaking up “monopolies”, federal intervention in the housing market, forcing companies to allow workers to unionize, wealth taxes, etc.

ALL of these ideas will only make life LESS affordable for Americans.

Breaking up large corporations eliminates efficiencies which reduce consumer prices.

Federal housing initiatives are what created soaring home prices to begin with.

Unions have become protectionist rackets that enrich union leaders, while putting up barriers to entry for new workers and unskilled labor.

And wealth taxes will almost certainly reduce productivity and innovation.

Naturally Platner offers no real explanations about what is actually behind America’s price inflation: too much government spending which generates negative returns on capital. Too many regulations which strangle business and hamper efficiency.

No. They want overly simplistic explanations: it’s all the billionaires’ fault.

(He also wants to “ban billionaires buying elections”. Does he mean George Soros, who has single-handedly financed an entire army of Leftist politicians?)

I’m an investor and entrepreneur myself, so I tend to look at the government through the lens of business.

Think of the US President as the CEO of America. The Senate and the House are like two separate Boards of Directors. And the responsibility of any Board member is to ensure that management is working to benefit the owners of the business— in this case, the citizens of the United States.

In any serious company, Board members are honest, experienced professionals who have some domain expertise in various aspects of the business— perhaps finance, technology, legal, etc.

And sometimes, if a business is in a very unique situation (like a pending bankruptcy), the Board might recruit members with unique expertise, i.e. someone who understands bank restructuring.

This is what America needs— ‘Board members’, i.e. Senators and House Representatives, who are honest professionals with valuable domain expertise who can objectively and fairly represent the interests of American citizens.

Given America’s looming debt crisis, one of the most important areas of expertise needed in the House and Senate is FINANCE. America needs people in Congress who understand debt, the bond market, central banking, reserve currency dynamics, and macroeconomic issues.

Platner doesn’t have a clue about any of that stuff. So not only would he be NOT helpful, he’ll be yet another destructive influence.

America has a lot of problems— the debt challenge being the biggest one. All of these problems are solvable. But given the cadre of complete and utter morons that the Left keeps electing, from AOC to Jasmine Crockett to Zohran Mamdani to Omar Fateh in Minneapolis, to now potentially Graham Platner, it’s getting harder to think they’re going to be able to fix it.

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