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I think a lot depends on how that admin behaves. if there is A Tribunal, they expropriate like a half dozen families, and above all shut down Twitter, it might break the radicalization spiral

a good half of our problem is low hundreds of dipshits gassing each other up on particular websites. if half those guys end up in prison and the websites are gone or neutered, well

like for instance Elon has violated laws and rules around security clearances and government contracting thousands of times. he straight up contacts Putin in secret and smoked weed on camera. all the reason you need to kick the legs out from under his business empire, which is already tottering

will to power is the key ingredient here. basically the opposite of the traditional Democratic "um, er, well, perhaps we should form a committee? with bipartisan membership? and it could make some tentative conceivable recommendations in 18 months?"

relatedly, this "frisson of transgression" thing convinces me that if Trump had gone to prison MAGA would have abandoned him wholesale