And -- this is the genius part -- the way he's doing it will not be perceived by the majority of the laypeople who actually believe that the pretextual goals of the organization as a punishment. I do think that's why Francis didn't go after them harder: he was trying to hold off a formal schism.

*puts on Sociologist Hat* Literally all human social interaction is performance to one degree or another, you are constantly performing various versions of yourself for different scenes and scene partners and audiences, all social life is dramaturgy

And Mamdani does it exceptionally well

A story in three parts

I think a lot of MAGA support is held together by peer pressure in heavily GOP communities, so it can both harden under some forms of strain (when it feels under attack) but it's also not hard to see a potential 'preference cascade' if that peer pressure breaks.

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