Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social

The Right was hampered by a few factors during Trump’s first term: Public protest, the courts, vestiges of opposition in the GOP, the “deep state” consisting of professional civil servants, experts, lawyers… All of those sources of resistance have been drastically weakened.

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@jnowak.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 13:45 UTC

The corporate overlords weakened public protest by pushing to criminalize it. That it took so little time between when they did that and when they moved to secure their positions is the only surprise.

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