Maher knows that the 63 million supporters of Pres. Trump will not stand for his assassination, whether political or physical, as Prof. Petersen implied. The rest of the panel was clueless. When the civil war would erupt, they would be shocked and defenseless.
Many of them would wind up at then of a rope or enjoy a short stay at the Ceausescu Courtyard Inn.
The assumption is that the elite are so noble, that the peasants will just follow along or die.
Here is the thing. Great Grandpa left the Kasier Reich at a young age because he didn’t like a pompous a$$hole telling him what is best. My other Great Great Grandpa took issue with treating people as property.
The non Elite parts of the country are filled with a lot of people who have authority issues, for good and bad. The expectation that some “expert” can tell us what we should doesn’t work. That is why we have all you can eat buffets.
Not saying we will win. Not saying we won’t. But I am saying that if the balloon goes up a lot of elite assumptions will die rather quickly.