Re: the files is it's not even who is in them or the volume it's about the amount of time that passed without a systemic response. People knew at the time, they knew when they prosecuted him, they knew when they slow walked everything else that they could make it permissable over time
This is also the story of how you get from the Patriot Act to the CPA test run to treating US citizens like insurgents it's not really even imperial boomerang it's just making things permissable over time
How much of the Patriot Act was temporary but we still have, how many two week to to six month to one year CRs have enabled permanent funding for authoritarian programs, how many negotiations have lasted for how long, how many so called reforms have maintained the system instead of changing it
Feb 5, 2026 02:50You extend the border zone for 100 miles and now a state capitol in landlocked state has been the subject of state sponsored terror for 6 years, and the government is calling it a "theater" talking about security transition to local squadrons after an occupation
this is another pressure test that did not illicit a systemic change, it incited localized unrest that led to a provisional transition but not a defeat that means they are more resilient now. This system is more resilient now. Bargaining for this outcome enables the system.
