"Kyle Rittenhouse has become a favorite of right-wing elites who like to cloak their own lust for power under the veneer of vigilante justice." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/dejoy-of…
"The Rittenhouse case is an extension of the broader crisis of elite criminal impunity – the same crisis we have been discussing on @gaslitnation for years, in which criminals who commit blatant crimes go free due to their wealth, power, and network of corrupt legal fixers."
"Sadly, at this point in our history, loathing of elite criminal impunity is what's left to bind Americans together. Disgust with billionaires like the Sackler family or Jeffrey Epstein, who abuse for decades without consequences, is near universal." patreon.com/posts/dejoy-of…
"Loathing of elite criminal operatives crosses party lines both because their crimes are so horrific and because the institutions that are supposed to protect us FROM sadistic abusers have worked to protect sadistic abusers instead." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/dejoy-of…
"The right wing understands the unity of this disgust with the system. So they try to curtail potential united demands for accountability by inviting in foot-soldiers, promising them protection if they obey the party line. Kyle Rittenhouse is a foot-soldier to them: a pawn."
"Government refusal to enforce accountability for criminal elites has emboldened ordinary people to commit violence believing that if they do so, they too will get elite protection. Rittenhouse is now a symbol of that system." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/dejoy-of…
"People are attracted to criminal impunity if they feel it is transferable, but they are repulsed by it if they feel they can be its target." -- @gaslitnation
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"Young white men will see Kyle Rittenhouse as someone who killed two people and was rewarded for it with money, fame, and job opportunities, while never having to face serious consequences. He will embolden current vigilantes to ramp up violence and breed new ones as well."
"This shift in political culture is in line with other ominous developments, like Texas allowing bounty hunters to target women who they suspect have had an abortion, and laws in multiple states allowing drivers to run down protesters in the road." patreon.com/posts/dejoy-of…
"Ordinary people correctly see the lack of accountability from the FBI and Biden admin for multiple brazen Trump admin crimes -- like the 1/6 attack -- as weakness. This weakness is very dangerous. It enables both the criminal elites themselves and their recruitment efforts."
This thread is a paraphrased excerpt of a longer argument; listen to the full segment on @gaslitnation here: patreon.com/posts/dejoy-of…
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