jody: I’m a little stumped by something though: Why wasn’t use of this tool more of an obvious answer to rest of us earlier? Seems some kind of intellectual bias at play there as well, seems interesting on that level too. Obviously various risks, but why not bigger focus earlier?

Everyone but the most die hard Trump cultists knew january 6 was an insurrection when it happened and knew Trump was responsible. Elite pundits changed their tune only once the courts got involved, rewriting history because they fear the implications of the case. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I’m a little stumped by something though: Why wasn’t use of this tool more of an obvious answer to rest of us earlier? Seems some kind of intellectual bias at play there as well, seems interesting on that level too. Obviously various risks, but why not bigger focus earlier?

I think we have a lack of imagination because it hasn’t happened in the US before. We can’t believe this fool Trump is ending democracy here.

Some of us can though, and even then, it’s really hard to hold onto thought

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