The Republicans, for all their screaming about socialism and Biden, have decided to let other people run the country. They have no agenda to overturn or replace anything. They don't really care about defeating Democratic policies. This should scare you more than anything. /1

Sure, they'd take being a majority because it means power and money and security, but they don't really care about policy - beyond tax cuts for favored patrons and donors. Other than that, their goal is *never to have to live among their own voters, whom they clearly hate.* /2

Cotton, Hawley, Stefanik, Cruz didn't get top-notch educations and climb the greasy pole of power just to end up as the top attorney in Bumblefuck County or the Majority Whip in Albany or Jeff City. They're better than that, you see. Better than you. Deserving of greatness. /3

And this is what makes them dangerous. The idea that they're all "crazy right-wingers" is stupid. Being a right-winger, or *any*-winger - is about consistency and ideology. Their motto is "Semper Me," and "I didn't go to a good school just to end up among you peasants." /4

This may seem an odd criticism from a guy who regularly deplores the behavior of the common citizenry. (And I do.) But I deplore even more politicians who are driven by a pure will to power because they like their current zip code better than the one they come from. /5

Fanatics can be beaten because they harbor doubts and make serious mistakes. But people who will do and say anything to keep their parking spot and a reserved table are vastly more dangerous. The GOP is now full of kooks - but the enablers are far more of a threat, long-term. /6x