I mean shit, they look like fun. You get to play dress-ups, wander around in a boring building, evading security guards, hoping not to get trampled to death by your friends and having the opportunity to fire a taser accidentally into your own testicles. I mean what more could you possibly want for a day out? You may even snare a nice souvenir.

Unfortunately though the security forces you were avoiding will just use the footage from the cameras located about every 6 feet in every corridor. Next thing you know you get dobbed in by your unsympathetic workmates, children and ex-spouses and end up arrested by the FBI. But that is the risk you run for such a shit hot day out in the Capitol eh?

Yeah, yeah. I’m taking the piss. What you didn’t notice? Out with you then laddie!

It’s pretty obvious that the POTUS was the ringleader of this and somehow he thought this was a really good idea that would perhaps intimidate those of lesser heart than he in the Congress to just say “screw the Election – let’s just let him another term right?”. Well what else could he have been thinking? If a bunch of protestors storm a building where the parliament is in session they aren’t going to be invited in for tea and biscuits and given a vote each. So it must be an intimidation tactic. So how does the POTUS, leader of the so-called free world, seriously think this is going to end? If that isn’t evidence enough that he isn’t fit to lead a large country with some scary political divisions and more armed local militias than you can poke a stick at then I don’t know what is. Enough of the unnamed POTUS. What about his fan base?

Well they didn’t take it too well when their beloved icon said “violence is bad”. But that’s what we do? We are good at violence. And intimidation. And having our way at the expense of others. Because we deserve it. Riiiiiiight. Are their natural political allegiances to the Republican Party now going to be too soft to continue. And will they now decide they need to act as a cohesive and coordinated force on their own. Whether that is politically or physically. Will there be a third political force appear in the Ignited States to cater for the “more to the right than Republicans” people? I don’t know if they are that organised. Or realise it is necessary. If you have enough guns you win don’t you?

Early in 2019 I said their icon would win a second term. Happily, I was wrong. But given what he has done politically in the last four years, how the fuck did it get that close? The fake news, alternative facts, the Twitter rampages, the Fox News allies, the Breitbarts, QAnon and all the other bullshit worked for him. Now for someone as intelligent as a cucumber to do that well with it is fairly frightening. Imagine now that someone who is actually intelligent and cunning uses those same techniques with more polish, more panache and less insanity comes along in 2024. Under the banner of the Republican’s or some other right leaning organisation. That would be pretty scary. The POTUS almost got away with it this time. And I’m prepared to say if there was no COVID, he would have got away with it. But that bungle cost a lot of lives and I reckon that cost him dearly. I’ll just go out and assert that as bizarre as this sounds COVID won Biden the Presidency.

And we’re fucked if we need to rely on a pandemic to save us next time.

But back to the title of yet another essay length ramble and could it happen here too? In the Clever Country? (snigger) Or are we too apathetic to bother down here? That is a valid point. Political interest here in the land of compulsory voting is insanely low. And some of the things our Government and its members do now truly beggars belief and nothing happens other than a story in the Guardian to engage the wrath of the left to make comments on the web site before they tire out and need a rest. Or a story on the ABC which will be kept in the mind of the Government next time they take an axe to their budget. All the true outrage belongs to the Murdoch press and those who partake in its simulations which are of course those leaning to the Right of the political spectrum. They certainly seem to have more energy on the right and since their mob are in control now there is no reason for an insurrection. And those of us on the Left (where I guess I would have to be categorised) just don’t have the energy, the temerity or frankly the stupidity to do it. So maybe I should revisit the topic when a Leftist government wins federally. I should be in a solar powered climate controlled hovering mobility scooter with VR controls and its own composting toilet by then I reckon.

Sigh.