Imagine having a giant mob willing to march and take the fucking capitol, doing it while the police supported you and the army looked to their bellies, and not even getting concesions out of it. WORSE: your movement and party is shitting itself after it.
I really believe they could have pulled something IF Trump wasn’t Trump.
The power inside does not come from it.
And a lot of people realized this. A lot of our normal daily lives to an extend depends on the fetishization of the institutions and their buildings. Suddenly it turned out that this massive symbol is just another rather disappointing building, and that the ruling people arent as far away and as safe as youd imagnie. This alone has power as it is eroding a lot of the stories that keep things peaceful. Now a lot of people suddenly realize that its all made up and they have the power to do a lot.
