Comment by khuey

25 days ago

Governments are famously tolerant of other actors seeking to rival or usurp their power.

Unfortunately with the current administration there is a non zero chance that the usurpers merge with the existing government… that wouldn’t be too surprising for Thiel to push for, he’s already the one who made Vance VP and has been pushing the Republican Party to its current anti-democratic form

The error here is assuming that government's intolerance to others in post-usurping times is in the interest of the public - then it's no more than suppression of rivals, including those who might actually be willing to help the public.