[BytesAndGears]

I see your point, however, in this case the democrats and republicans are part of the same entity.

I am suggesting that the politicians’ interests are somewhat aligned, in regard to grabbing power. Their techniques are different, but the outcome is that we become more normalized to the behavior of “being ruled”, bit by bit.

Don’t forget the right-leaning protests in 2020 over democratic governors telling people they had to get vaccinated or fired, and they were not permitted to have their small businesses open or go to the gym. That was also authoritarian, regardless of how necessary some people thought it was at the time. You may not have agreed with them, but they were upset about the same things as you.

[smaudet]

An actuall global event that killed hundreds of millions of individuals is a very different thing than what Musk is doing, without any such precipitation...

I do not agree that firing should have been on the table, however this is not an Apples and Oranges situation...

[girvo]

I completely agree with your point, but it’s hundreds of millions of cases and ~10 million deaths I thought