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Transparency. People keep reporting that clothes are being plucked off the Emperor but they still seem to find him sartorially resplendent.
Civilly worded subpoenas, civilly worded letters expressing displeasure, productive meetings with smiles & gladhanding, and everything pushed off to the next prime-time news cycle (media who are co-conspirators in the placating). I don't see a tipping point yet. Does anyone think these things will go gently into the night? The admin has already doubled-down on their marketing as to the value of anything they do, regardless of the temporary outcry. ("temporary" being a word they count on; new revelations are distractors for the previous trespasses.)
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"Civil Wars don't start when a few guys hunt down a specific bastard. Civil Wars start when many guys hunt down the nearest bastards."
The coin paid to enforce words on parchment is blood; tyrants will not be stopped with anything less dear. - QP Peregrino
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