I can’t help but suspect there is a lot of wealth being made behind the green curtain as well

I'll say it again in case MAGA didn't hear me the first time: "All are victims of authoritarianism, and the last victims of fascism are the the ones who put the fascists in power."

MAGA voted for security from threats and enemies that don't exist. MAGA voted for security over liberty.

When one votes to deny their fellow countrymen liberty, one is voting to deny one's own liberty in the end.

It is an important insight. At the same time we must not fall into the trap of assuming that no one who seeks power ever has a vision of the general good. Apathetic pessimism is the quickest route to political absolutism.

And Margaret Atwood turned it into a novel.