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Uhhh... uh oh. Considering the immediate and widespread outrage response across the country from this very public murder, this is a boldly stupid move. Resentment and distrust of the US government is already at an all time high, and doubling down on an extrajudicial murder like this is only going to not only grow that resentment, but popularize the idea that if the people want justice, they'll have to do it themselves. This administration has been making some especially stupid moves recently and I don't think the world is prepared for the consequences. Like yeah, sure, the trump admin has always blahblahblah, no shit. I must emphasize that this particular term of the administration hasn't even been this stupid until the last few months. They are very much so overplaying their hand right now and they are absolutely not in a position to handle this level of escalation. I'm pretty sure they both think they have way more control than they actually do and have way too much faith in very inadequate contingencies. They're gonna continue having the appearance of being firmly in control, but at this rate, it's just a matter of time before it blows up in their face and then no one is in control. I can't emphasize enough how unprepared we all are for how quickly that will happen when it does.
They don’t give a shit, they want us to try. They’re fucking daring us. Like, actually; literally.
I mean, sure? Probably even? But this really only emphasizes my point that they're straight up stupid and beyond incompetent. Even the Romans, for how brutal they were, understood the importance of civic justice in maintaining the continued rule of the state. If the state no longer maintains it's judiciary responsibility, they've basically abdicated their own legitimacy. You can say that the state isn't abdicating it's legitimacy if it at least is bound by some of it's laws, but if the state picks and chooses, is the state not directly questioning it's own legitimacy? I should point out that it's hyperbolic for me to say that the state not binding itself to any one law abdicates it's legitimacy, but there are certain points of judiciary responsibility that will greatly erode the legitimacy of the state if it doesn't maintain them or at least appear to. A very public murder like this is definitely one of those points. Erosion of state legitimacy brings a fragmentation of those that would maintain it's power, and I really don't think they're considering this factor at all. Those in essential positions within the government will become less inclined to maintain their loyalty to the state and be much more tempted to join those seeking to resist the state's existence. Setting this precedence sets this administration on a trajectory to an untenable position. The waning loyalty and increasing sentiment of resistance isn't something that is generally very visible until it VERY much so is. They seem to think they can keep literally and figuratively shooting at us, but it won't be surprising to those paying attention when more and more of "their own" start shooting back at them.
How can we win.
"They broke the social contract. So fuck your Target. Fuck your Hall of Fame. As far as I'm concerned they can burn this bitch to the ground.."