My thoughts on Steve Bannon: He was born in 1953, so he's a core boomer. His childhood view was shaped by the postwar high. Communism and "backwards" Eastern values = bad / Capitalism and "civilized" Western values = good.
He worked for Andrew Breitbart. If you read Breitbart's book, "Righteous Indignation" one of the most important chapters focuses on "Cultural Marxism". This is basically the idea, some of it true, but some of it conspiracy theory, that a lot of the post-modern studies that came about on college campuses, namely critical theory which includes gender studies, political correctness, blaming the west for the ills of the world, and a wider acceptance of socialism and communism, was a result of the Frankfurt School, a school founded by Communist Jews who fled Nazi Germani before the war broke out. Breitbart was, himself, Jewish, so it's hard to make the claim that he was anti-semitic or was a white nationalist, but I think it's safe to say that Breitbart was a civic nationalist who hated "cultural marxism" and felt it was destroying the country. Most of the people who work for Breitbart feel the same way, including Bannon.
Many right wing conspiracy theorists believe that Andrew Breitbart was murdered, allegedly shot by the CIA's "heart attack gun" after he uncovered human trafficking sex ring connected to prominent celebrities in Hollywood and Washington. These conspiracy theories have now become part of the infamous "fake news" controversy that is pizzagate. I have no doubt Breitbart, and perhaps maybe even Trump and Jeff Sessions, believe it all to be true. If indeed it is true, perhaps they've been keeping quiet about it because prominent Republicans, including some on Trump's own team, are connected somehow to the human trafficking ring (and Trump himself, who's visited Jeffrey Epstein's ranch, may have a lot to answer for himself).
Personally, I think there's probably some truth to some of these stories, but it's hard to give creedence to all of the crazy unverified conspiracies. Under normal circumstances it could all safely be dismissed and ignored. But now that we actually have prominent politicians in power, like Bannon, Trump, Sessions and the recently resigned Flynn, who probably believe most of this stuff and want to to set out to prove it, the situation has changed and those in power who have a lot to lose from uncovering all of these conspiracies can't ignore it and are pushing back hard. If Jeff Sessions truly was chosen to prosecute major celebrities and politicians involved in the human trafficking rings while at the same time using it as a means to uproot "cultural marxism", we may be in for a political/celebrity witch hunt like none we've never seen before.
He worked for Andrew Breitbart. If you read Breitbart's book, "Righteous Indignation" one of the most important chapters focuses on "Cultural Marxism". This is basically the idea, some of it true, but some of it conspiracy theory, that a lot of the post-modern studies that came about on college campuses, namely critical theory which includes gender studies, political correctness, blaming the west for the ills of the world, and a wider acceptance of socialism and communism, was a result of the Frankfurt School, a school founded by Communist Jews who fled Nazi Germani before the war broke out. Breitbart was, himself, Jewish, so it's hard to make the claim that he was anti-semitic or was a white nationalist, but I think it's safe to say that Breitbart was a civic nationalist who hated "cultural marxism" and felt it was destroying the country. Most of the people who work for Breitbart feel the same way, including Bannon.
Many right wing conspiracy theorists believe that Andrew Breitbart was murdered, allegedly shot by the CIA's "heart attack gun" after he uncovered human trafficking sex ring connected to prominent celebrities in Hollywood and Washington. These conspiracy theories have now become part of the infamous "fake news" controversy that is pizzagate. I have no doubt Breitbart, and perhaps maybe even Trump and Jeff Sessions, believe it all to be true. If indeed it is true, perhaps they've been keeping quiet about it because prominent Republicans, including some on Trump's own team, are connected somehow to the human trafficking ring (and Trump himself, who's visited Jeffrey Epstein's ranch, may have a lot to answer for himself).
Personally, I think there's probably some truth to some of these stories, but it's hard to give creedence to all of the crazy unverified conspiracies. Under normal circumstances it could all safely be dismissed and ignored. But now that we actually have prominent politicians in power, like Bannon, Trump, Sessions and the recently resigned Flynn, who probably believe most of this stuff and want to to set out to prove it, the situation has changed and those in power who have a lot to lose from uncovering all of these conspiracies can't ignore it and are pushing back hard. If Jeff Sessions truly was chosen to prosecute major celebrities and politicians involved in the human trafficking rings while at the same time using it as a means to uproot "cultural marxism", we may be in for a political/celebrity witch hunt like none we've never seen before.