We all could drag everything through every court over and over until our victims are overwhelmed to the breaking point and give up if [people believed] we had the money to do it.
Now he doesn’t even need money. He has the power of the US government to do it instead, all three branches, and the fourth estate. Other fascists are taking note and copycatting this style: do literally whatever you want, tie it up in the courts until you win, or if you somehow reach the end of that road without winning, ignore any consequences and start over from the beginning.
The third box has failed to secure liberty. Even if it inexplicably ends up securing liberty again, its Achilles’ heel has been exposed. Like a 32-bit encryption key, it “works”, but only if everyone agrees not to hack it. Anyone who doesn’t can get away with literal murder.
We all could drag everything through every court over and over until our victims are overwhelmed to the breaking point and give up if [people believed] we had the money to do it.
Now he doesn’t even need money. He has the power of the US government to do it instead, all three branches, and the fourth estate. Other fascists are taking note and copycatting this style: do literally whatever you want, tie it up in the courts until you win, or if you somehow reach the end of that road without winning, ignore any consequences and start over from the beginning.
The third box has failed to secure liberty. Even if it inexplicably ends up securing liberty again, its Achilles’ heel has been exposed. Like a 32-bit encryption key, it “works”, but only if everyone agrees not to hack it. Anyone who doesn’t can get away with literal murder.