None of the testimony today surprised me. I thought the former militia guy was very interesting and convincing about the conspiracy and how easily it could have succeeded or been way more bloody. I agree with him that if the conspirators are not punished, this will happen again and civil war will be inevitable unless there are serious consequences for the conspirators. But I have no faith in Merrick Garland and he will not go hard after them because he and Biden are too afraid that doing THAT will cause civil war. I think civil war is inevitable, so why not at least try to prevent or discourage it by punishing the conspirators? It's our only chance left to save any sort of democracy that might be left.

What could our government, a plutocratic oligarchy, have done to prevent an attempted violent overthrow?

HINT: The Tea Parties might have reformed the GOP, but the Koch brothers bribed the Tea Party’s leaders. Tea Party members rightly became angry and when Trump attacked the GOP, they nominated him for president. Hillary Clinton could have beaten him but didn’t.