Destroy the truth, corrupt the other two branches, make murder normal, and end the free press. Almost there.
Everything, EVERYTHING reduces to the rich evading taxes and regulation. All the drama, the culture wars, the tariffs and austerity, the “war” against the enemies within, ALL OF IT IS A DISTRACTION. As long as the billionaire class keeps sucking up hundreds of millions of dollars every day then life is good. It is so obvious. And obvious they believe the citizenry are domesticated animals.