Another explanation is accelerationism won the argument finally and this dystopia kayfabe 1984 self immolation of credibility is necessary to remove the people’s last faith in the idol State
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That's an interesting take... although it reminds me of the "trust the plan, 4D chess" arguments that have percolated since Trump entered the political scene... time will tell, but that's having a lot of faith in the people running the ongoing clownshow. I can't see anyway Trump rescues himself from this... all I can see is constant war drums to get out of it... and enough people know that's simply wagging the dog.