I'm afraid of finding out what is really going on here.

[WestMichRad]

41. Uninterrupted power is their goal

Repub leaders see that they have the tools needed that they think can engineer the system so they'll be guaranteed a permanent majority and control of the executive (and thus the courts). They are already using these tools and honing their use to engineer election victories. They see a path to permanent control using the tools already at their disposal: unlimited dark money, gerrymandering, election shenanigans (and no functional Federal Elections Commission to rein them in), sleazy methods to remove citizens in "undesirable" demographic groups from being registered voters, anonymous outright blatant lying and mudslinging via social media to slander opponents and discourage potential voters, essentially unchecked foreign interference in our elections. They'll use any and all of these tools, whatever it takes to assure winning the elections. Then they'll use their power for money grabbing, even more than what our large corporations already do. With power they can "win" the corrupted game of capitalism.

They're not stupid. They can see the handwriting on the wall that we're headed for global catastrophe, and they think that with mountains of money it'll give them the means to secure necessary resources, so they'll be insulated from the damage; to hell with all the rest of the people, we're all replaceable.

Pardon my severe pessimism, but at this point, I'm having a hard time seeing a future in which they don't succeed.