I think the other thing a lot of fancy people haven& #39;t considered is that not only would Trump winning endanger the regular, metronomic cycle of elections and politics in this country, it may ultimately physically endanger them - yes, the fancy people! https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1300573890213801984">https://twitter.com/atrupar/s...

The intelligentsia doesn& #39;t tend to prosper or live safely in far-right authoritarian states, you know?

It seems very clear that a lot of people in the political intellectual classes simply cannot grasp this, given how enthusiastically they produce and consume things like "Be smart: 17 reasons the election will be more exciting than you expect"

The collected political media, if it ever truly stopped seeing Trump as merely a player in a game where they are the neutral referees, and understood him as a mortal threat to their own wellbeing, could end him in weeks. They don& #39;t because they won& #39;t, not because they can& #39;t