Trump, as much as he was not desired by the elites, was a great crash test for them to see what they could get away with. Once they figured out that the answer was "absolutely anything" he became a great accelerator for them to confiscate power in unprecedented ways.
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The real constraint on them in the past was the balance of fear between "what could happen if we broke this rule" (fear of the backlash) vs "what could happen to me if not" (fear of the prog mob). Explains the ratchet - each click is b/c the backlash fear is gone
10:52 AM - 10 Jan 2021
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