observation ~24 hrs out from the assassination attempt: the stigma of  supporting trump online has for many suddenly vanished. some is no doubt short term memetic fervor but my instinct is that the event is sticky and norms have changed. curious how it trickles down irl. dinner party leftist and heartland cookout convos will remain predictable, each adhering to their own orthodoxy. a meaningful number of people on the fence or closeted trump folks though are probably unshackled, emboldened, feeling in their gut that there are fewer social consequences now for being outwardly supportive.

another observation is the rise of the nu school evangelical billionaire partisan activist. I was mostly offline in 2016 and 2020 but I don’t remember the holy war rhetoric from Silicon Valley/Wall Street elites re the election. Musk, All-In, myriad VCs, Naval, Ackman, Gary Tan are all riled up, fervent, drawing lines in the sand, at times referencing mystical and religious tropes to describe their struggle. brave new world innit.

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2016 was largely anonymous faces in support on both sides, Democrats had masks on and were throwing bricks. Republicans afraid to speak, because they'd lose their jobs or lives. Rumors are Clinton's love killing anyone who gets in their way ask Vince Foster or Seth Rich. At this time 4chan had a huge sway on internet culture.

2020 was different because we were still under the Covid spell, and the shadow cabal in charge shut down everyone's youtube and Facebook accounts that disagreed with them and had a large enough voice. Flooding chats with FBI agents and forcing companies like Twitter to change algorithms, splintering up right wing social networks, and shadowbanning many. 

At this point, 2024, Trump will landslide win unless someone kills him.