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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Great way of describing it. I don’t get the messianism of these people