a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society
What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.
It's an "I'll believe it when I see it" situation. Like, I think there's a theoretical possibility of follow-through, but we haven't exactly been given any reason to expect it.
Oh no, I've eaten pickles very recently! Should I go to the hospital? But who knows what they're going to put into my body! Is there some proven, common sense remedy against pickle-death? What about hydroxychloroquin? Or colloidal silver?
You can't get raptured if you've ever thought about a pink elephant after someone told you not to think about it. I'm sorry, I don't make the rules, that's just how it is.
