If Trump was never a real threat to The Establishment, why have they been unrelentingly working to destroy him for the past six years?
Why did the consul Opimus murder Gaius Gracchus and 2000 of his followers without a trial? Perhaps as a warning for anyone in the future. That is the pessimistic answer. The optimistic answer is that they thought he was a threat.
But they were always their worst enemy. Trump was not competent or effective enough to really get in their way. Their reaction to Trump is what woke a lot of people up to their true nature.
Even so, the endless anti-Trump hysteria tells me The Establishment is not comfortable with him around.
They definitely don't want him to be a factor. But that is not the same as him actually being in control or 'in power' when in office.
But generally on the conservative side at least the pundits and politicians still recognize the importance of the Constitution and rule of law. I've seen high ranking Democratic lawyers basically posting "lol cry more" to legal criticisms of the raid.
There is a difference in temperament, though I think the 'populist right' is closer to the left in terms of temperament than to proper Burkean conservatives of the world. I say this while 'populist right' probably best describes me. I always have to fight back against my instinct that "everything is rotten, so it is desirable that everything burn down".
There is also an escalatory cycle where if they do something to us, then we won't mind if ours do it to them. It's the road to perdition, but then again, just turning the 90000th cheek hasn't done the right any good either.
Just because someone's in the pit doesn't mean I trust them. A slimeball like Cuomo is only in the pit until he can find a way to get back into power.
No need to trust them. In fact, it's not advisable. But if he can inflict damage on the establishment, I will cheer that.
Why did the consul Opimus murder Gaius Gracchus and 2000 of his followers without a trial? Perhaps as a warning for anyone in the future. That is the pessimistic answer. The optimistic answer is that they thought he was a threat.
But they were always their worst enemy. Trump was not competent or effective enough to really get in their way. Their reaction to Trump is what woke a lot of people up to their true nature.
They definitely don't want him to be a factor. But that is not the same as him actually being in control or 'in power' when in office.
There is a difference in temperament, though I think the 'populist right' is closer to the left in terms of temperament than to proper Burkean conservatives of the world. I say this while 'populist right' probably best describes me. I always have to fight back against my instinct that "everything is rotten, so it is desirable that everything burn down".
There is also an escalatory cycle where if they do something to us, then we won't mind if ours do it to them. It's the road to perdition, but then again, just turning the 90000th cheek hasn't done the right any good either.
No need to trust them. In fact, it's not advisable. But if he can inflict damage on the establishment, I will cheer that.