At the present time the solution looks more dire in three ways
- The attempt to take over went beyond disruption, toward takeover, and that appears to be continuing to be organized for Jan 20.
- The government, while it can hold, is less integrated and more weakly led than than we had understood.
- The degree to which the delay in deploying supporting police groups looks criminal and somewhat of an inside coordination. Very serious if true.
- When history is writtenn the whole Trump episode will be sen as a very unfortunate distraction from climate chnage.
Good from this? As in Covid, the real shape of affairs is being clarified. We realize big things can happen, and we can more for less respond. Society can change rapidly/