These ring wing globalist dilettantes go into politics to give meaning to their otherwise boring easy lives and to further enrich themselves because it is easy for them. Again, they are true dilettantes. They can wait out any poplular movement like you outlined in your post.
“Again, they are true dilettantes. They can wait out any popular movement like you outlined in your post.”
What the dilettantes underestimate is what happens when the Democrats take power permanently, which may be about to happen. Schumer will kill the filibuster if he gets an absolute 51/49 vote majority (i.e. not a 50/50 tie with Kamala the tiebreaker). Add to that a small majority in the house and DC/Puerto Rico statehood (end of the electoral college) and expansion of the Supreme Court (legal tyranny unleashed) can be a reality.
Democrats in Congress always vote as a block. There is no “compromise”. With a 51 majority in the Senate, even if Manchin is a no vote on an issue (remember he always caves in the end) Kamala will break the tie. Plus Schumer and can always lean on Romney, Collins, and Murkoski (if she prevails in the ranked choice voting) to be bipartisan when they need the votes.
So what about 2024 under this scenario? The 2020 and 2022 elections have proven that with voting by mail, extended time voting, ballot harvesting, unattended drop boxes, rank choice voting in some states, and manipulation of electronic machines they can ensure they will always have the White House and a majority in both houses of Congress. It has become very clear the Democrats no longer care if the population believes they are cheating. In addition, with control of the executive and legislative branches they control the judiciary forever through appointments. Conservatives judges will die off and be replaced with leftist tyrants. Congress also has the power to create new courts and expand the number of judges on any court. Without the filibuster it is easy to flood the system with new liberal judges by expanding the lower federal courts.
Don’t forget they are already using the power of government to pressure corporations and donors to do their bidding. Next step is to essentially defund the political opposition. But what about independently wealthy billionaires? Look what they are doing to Trump and appear to be about to do with Elon Musk. Tie them up with lawsuits and tax investigations at the federal level and by state attorney generals. Turn social activist groups loose campaigns to boycot businesses. Pressure the regulated banks and financial institutions to deny them access to the banking system (see what happened to Kanye West). There have been calls to nationalize Musk’s Space X and Starlink in the interest of “national security”. If Democrat politicians call for a boycott of Tesla, whose customer base is primarily liberal to hard left, Musk could see sales plummet and be forced to sell out to General Motors.
The coordinated moves on Kanye and Musk are clearly a message. Toe the line or we’ll either destroy you completely (ask Roger Stone, Paul Manafort) or minimally make the rest of your life miserable.
I’ve watched corporate takeover battles for decades. They are ruthless and illustrative of human nature when the game is all about power. Pure Darwinism. Lives and careers destroyed. Once one side wipes out the other, they start turning on themselves. The same will happen if the Democrats get absolute power over the federal government. The Republicans who think they can placate the beast will find that when the beast has absolute power they will be crushed as will anyone who might be perceived as someday representing a threat.
What about the states? Some may think the states will resist. This is a fantasy. The Civil War showed that any state that tries to leave the union will be crushed and destroyed. At least in the 1860’s the agriculatural southern states could survive independently. States in the 21st century are dependent on the federal government for significant revenue. Individuals in the 21st century are minimally dependent on Social Security and Medicare. Businesses in the 21st century have sales and supply networks globally, not regionally.
What about the heavily armed population? People who willingly submitted to lockdowns and mandated vaccinations are not going to fight the US military in their neighborhoods. They lack organization and the communication networks are controlled by government. One day government will order people to turn in their weapons and as Great Britain, Canada, and Australia have proven, they will comply.
Look at the history of dictatorships. Slowly institutions are coopted and one day the tyrants suddenly take absolute power. The day before the tiger pounces people say it could never happen and the next day the police are rounding up dissidents, troops are standing guard in the capital, marshal law is in effect, a new constitution is drafted, elections are held, and the dictator is locked into power.
The squishy Republicans, like Lindsay Graham and Mitt Romney, will find on the takeover day their Democrat “friends” are no longer taking phone calls. The collaborators and appeasers will no longer have any reason for being. They will be arrested and locked up in jail as enemies of the state, be tried secretly or in a show trial, and find themselves in prison for life or lined up on a wall and shot.
When the game is all about power, there are no limits on what human beings will do. In an absolute power game the most ruthless win.