It just occurred to me why they may not want to return Kilmar Garca

[Cirsium]

59. Amassing bold power, yes

The more obvious the threat from MAGA becomes, the greater will be the possibility of a mass popular uprising. Very progressive positions enjoy majority support from the public om dozes o key issues. It takes a lot of careful work to prevent that from translating over to having any influence on national politics. A mass popular uprising threatens all of that careful work.

A mass popular uprising would decouple the national political discussion from the rigid control of the pundits (names redacted), the politicians (names redacted), and the entertainers (names redacted), who are all trying desperately to save the old order.

It is an impossibility to save the old order and to stop MAGA. We can't have both. It will be one or the other.

The sooner we start, the more organization, the more solidarity, the more militancy, the greater the numbers, the more likely there will be a peaceful outcome. It is important that we understand that surrendering (accommodating, normalizing, compromising, triangulating, complying, obeying) would not be peaceful.

(I edited this to remove the names of the politicians and celebrities from the post. The hero worship culture is so strong that arguments over the personalities I originally named would certainly ensue.)