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Let me make the question a bit more explicit.
Within the existing system, what is the proper way to respond to Blue Tribe weaponizing the justice system to partisan ends? Because if the answer is "there isn't one", it behooves us to find alternatives outside the existing system.
People accuse me of being an accelerationist, but what's the alternative? We've seen recently that rifles and rooftops are certianly an option on the sociopolitical conflict menu, with the understanding of course that such actions cannot reasonably be attributed to the tribes from which they might emerge because stochastic terrorism abruptly stopped being a coherent concept. What other options are plausibly available?
After reading through this discussion, I am hopeful that going forward, the Blue Tribe will tone down these sorts of abuses. Even putting aside the possibility of tit-for-tat retaliation, it does appear that these lawfare attacks against Trump were not all that effective.
Actually, the fantasy situation for me would be (1) Elise Stefanik is elected governor of New York; (2) she immediately pardons Trump and leans on the AG to withdraw any outstanding civil claims against him; (3) the charges against James are quietly dropped; and (4) both sides agree to refrain from future lawfare attacks.
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But Trump HAS found a prosecutor willing to go ahead with the prosecution for him. In the future, it might just mean that the Red Tribe might have to look to outsiders, sometimes at the cost of not being able to rely on the person with the most inside/institutional knowledge. I don't think you've quite reached the point where the Red Tribe is unable to find anyone loyal to it.
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