The right is seeking winner-take-all totalitarianism. They're playing for keeps, so to speak.
But they don't really want this kind of the-buck-stops-here responsibility.
Why do I say that so confidently? Well their hero is Trump, the poster-child of 100% power, 0% responsibility.
Trump finds bizarre ways to take credit for good things that had nothing to do with him, and equally bizarre ways to scapegoat others for bad things of his own making.
He found an exploit and hacked it.
@sumpnlikefaith And he's got decades of practice.
@BillieBun But, also, opponents are on to him. And by that, I mean people inside his party, too.
He cannot be allowed to have that kind of power ever again.
Perhaps the saddest part is that their winner-take-all mentality sets up a dynamic where a loss makes them feel like they've lost everything.
This unnecessary sense of humiliation drives them.