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There is no consistent agreement about what the government can or cannot do within MAGA. That's why it's not a framework for global discourse. It is a joke even within conservative circles.

"Let me control my own health" up until abortion is mentioned.

"We need better surveillance measures" up until that surveillance is used against them.

"Law enforcement needs more privileges" until they harass your daughter with the bodycam turned off.

"Don't regulate Apple/Google" up until they become politicized and collude with the government for warrantless surveillance.

"Foreign policy is too globalist!" up until Israel insists Iran has a nuke. And so on. There isn't a single neocon value that can't be forsaken by ideologues, I challenge you to name just one.

That is not inconsistency. That is double standards. They are willing to uphold a rule until it bites back against them. This is mob mentality. And a reason for why democracy does not work (unless the mob is diffused).

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