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You're correct: clearly the events of 6th Jan were pure incoherent spectacle, and as such a fitting testimony to the incompetence and incoherence of Trump himself. But their significance is surely that 74 million US citizens are so totally clueless that they will blindly cheer anything their beloved Great Leader does, no matter how stupid, destructive, or repellent. The fact that the mob this time round was just a mindless aimless rabble doesn't mean that a much smarter and more focused successor to Trump won't use the lessons learned to stage a successful insurrection next time around. Or, better yet, use the threat of one to win concession after concession from a spineless Congress that has consistently bowed obsequiously to right-wing leaders.

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Allan Milne Lees
Allan Milne Lees

Written by Allan Milne Lees

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