Hey @sunlit - I hope you're keeping well my friend.

Yes, this was the basic premise of part one of this post, and the precursor I wrote a couple of years back. The controlled polarities of Trump and Obama were used to fracture ever greater divisions, Trump also drew many of those that opposed the system into the glare of public scrutiny, thus enabling their collectivisation. Notice how commonly his buzzwords of "fake news" are now used within the establishment.

Notice how if you oppose vaccine mandates (or basically anything that counters the narrative) you're now labelled as a far-right Trump supporter - not that I'm saying a majority of Trump supporters are far-right, but you can understand how they're attempting to mould a consensus perception. Wait until they have some kind of attack that can be attached to "anti-vaxxers" or "conspiracy theorists" - this is the nature of authoritarian communitarianism. Indeed, the opposing minority is now only a few steps away from becoming declared public enemy number one.