# Steve Bannon:  I see the hat, but are there any cattle?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-i-see-the-hat-but-are-there-any-cattle/799083>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 16, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-i-see-the-hat-but-are-there-any-cattle/799083 "2017-10-16T21:43:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-i-see-the-hat-but-are-there-any-cattle/799083/81 "2017-10-19T01:55:19Z")

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Mr. Bannon does not want to destroy government, he simply believes that it is facing in the wrong direction. He plans an extreme form of chiropractic action to correct this misalignment.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-i-see-the-hat-but-are-there-any-cattle/799083/82 "2017-10-19T12:40:08Z")

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> [@HurricaneDitka](#):
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> I _think_ we’re all on the same page here, just using different words to describe it. Here’s my take: Bannon doesn’t appear to have any yearning desire to _end_ governance here in America entirely and live in whatever anarchy / chaos / libertarian paradise were to emerge from that. He still wants a President and Congress and Supreme Court. He just wants a different Congress, and probably a different Supreme Court (meaning different people serving in those positions), one that looked out more for the interests of American citizens before others. While he’s doing that, he wouldn’t mind lopping off the EPA / HUD / DoE / NEA / etc perhaps because he feels like those entities are oftentimes obstacles to looking out for the interests of American citizens, rather than allies in that cause.

Do you think that throwing his support behind candidates like Moore and Ward is an effective means to those ends or will it lead to further polarization and chaos? If the former, explain your reasoning.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-i-see-the-hat-but-are-there-any-cattle/799083/83 "2017-10-19T16:21:39Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> Whatnow?..

I realize that it’s difficult to recognize coming from that quarter, but I believe **Okra** was making a joke.

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