It was always going to come down to the voters

The only way to beat Trump is to actually *beat Trump.*

One minute you’re talking about the need to protect liberal democracy, the next minute you’re engaging in lurid fantasies about Joe Biden declaring himself dictator for life and arresting, detaining and executing his opponent and hostile jurists.

To protect liberal democracy, of course.

Maybe one or two people tweeting about this are indeed preparing to take up arms and/or flee the country, since the Supreme Court’s immunity decision is worse than 9/11 and Hitler’s Enabling Act - yes, I’ve seen this argued by serious people, and also Keith Olbermann - but I suspect most are content to vent about it on social media.¹

Everyone wants to believe they would have fought against Hitler, but there were only a few Claus Von Stauffenbergs.