OK I apologize for saying your take was naive. It sounds like we're mostly in agreement. Any disagreement is mostly semantics, but you're slightly more optimistic than I am.

I definitely agree on the January 6th fed baiting operation and am happy that most people didn't fall for it. In that case, however, there was no skin in the game for the average normie, so it was easier to take in stride than what I think is coming.

No one was ever scared that Qanon Chewbacca was going to come to their house and hurt their kids. One thing I do know after covid is that scared normies do unbelievably stupid shit. So the level of insanity we're ultimately going to see is going to be proportional to how frightened people are.