The bastard ruling class knows goddamn well how to

[Klarkashton]

End dissent in this country. Arrest people on bogus federal charges, threaten 10+ year sentences and then drain their life savings in the courts with endless lawyer fees and all the other bullshit.

This is planned and intentional my friends. Trump and is slaves know this.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Except it's not working

So far, most of the vendetta indictments and suits have been dismissed, except for Bolton’s, who plead guilty.

[Cirsium]

3. Intimidation

It works to intimidate people, to chill dissent.

[orthoclad]

6. It's an old tactic, tried and true

In Vietnam days the saying was "an arrest is as good as a conviction". It tied up a lot of people in court and jail: hippies, yippies, panthers, Mobe, even rock stars like Morrison and the Dead. A very successful tactic of the ruling class.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. Didn't work on Tom Hayden, Dr. Spock, the Berringers , and so many others

They aren’t omnipotent, and we aren’t powerless.

[orthoclad]

10. Not omnipotence, but effectiveness

It broke a lot of peoples' lives and took some off the board.
Know your enemy. Don't be puzzled at the weakness of the cases. They don't care (much) about convictions, and losing cases won't stop the arrests. It's necessary to address the roots, not the effects.

[Skittles]

2. in the meantime you can storm the Capitol and beat on cops

well, you know the rest

[Klarkashton]

4. Of course..Rioting against the any sort of push back

No matter how mild the push back was was approved by the ruling class. The J6ers have been rewarded.

[byronius]

5. I honestly hope for a massive turnaround.

Republicans are the party of rape, child molestation, and theft of public resources. They are racist, sexist, greedheads wrapped in fake religion.

That is who they are. That is how they are defined as a party. I predict an increase in damning revelations over time, especially as they lose the power to conceal what's been done. If they can't steal elections --

We'll see. But Trump's terrible odor will stick to that party for a long time, long after he's dead.

[lame54]

7. You pay for prosecution and defense

[orthoclad]

8. Very true.

An old established tactic.