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"Revenge of The Bosses":
Media and "wealthy elite wanted to cast election as revealing some deep American desire for fascism because elites themselves desire it so desperately
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"Institution wanted do conservative thing anyway but now can blame Trump
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Why So Many Key Institutions Have Folded Rather Than Challenge Trump
Yes, they’re under pressure. But maybe a lot of these leaders kinda like what Trump’s doing. Just remember: Trump was defeated once before.
@mtsw.bsky.socialRevenge for MeToo (which severely constrained their ability to rape employees), Revenge for Black Lives Matter (which called out how racist many of them were) and most of all Revenge for the 2021 Labor Market where they suddenly had to compete for scarce labor instead of the other way around