sunk cost fallacy:
we’re already all guilty of so much crime, we need to do super crime now!
actually their level of desperation is terrifying, Steve Bannon is looking at effectively the rest of his life in prison… he’s an old unhealthy man….
so that means he’ll do anything at this point.
….
things might get a whole lot worse really quick….
that or he’ll take a plane to russia.

Actually it's dumber and worse, because he went on to expand that he believes any leftist leader will just kangaroo-court people they don't like.

You know, the whole "weaponization of justice" thing that Trump has done over two terms now.

Maybe, they're testing if their base will defend them if they go full fascists. They've been subtly saying things that led to rise of the fascists for a while now. And their base remains intact.

They're waiting for the cult to approve something even more harsh so that somehow 2nd mendment will be relevant again. But it won't be used against the authoritarians.

Maybe, idk. It's a shitshow.