Trump picks David Sacks as crypto and AI tsar

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8 points·burntcaramel··7 comments

What's up with calling all (or at least quite many) cabinet members "tsar"? Or was it always customary in the past also, and I was only living under a rock? Or is it just insinuating at Russian influence?

Thanks for the archive link.

And to your question, It was _never_ customary. It's weird, it's not okay, it's brainwashing, plain and simple. I'm a US citizen, our history is rooted in defeating monarchies and kings. I feel as though this is a rewiring of people's brain by mass media. There are _no_ tsar/czar/tzar/csar in a democracy, period. Full stop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czar_%28political_term%29

its recent for the UK (and I find it weird) but it's quite old in the USA

Does anyone else find the use of 'tsar' off putting?

These are not Roman emperors - not Slavic monarchs, nor kings, or other ecclesiastical officials. They're literally rewriting our culture. These are temporary positions being labelled as kings.

In the US government, people with real power are rarely if ever called czars; it seems like the term is only applied to lower-level appointees. Like many others, the term has become detached from its original meaning.

The cabinet is quietly being stuffed by folks who are well known for spreading Russian disinformation about the Ukraine War. Musk and Sacks fall in that category, but most of all -- Tulsi Gabbard who will head all US intelligence agencies.

Sure this guy is certainly really weird, but this appointment is about crypto and AI and none of these techs are related to Russia or Ukraine in particular.

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