This is starting to affirm some thoughts I've had for awhile now and explains the Coney-Barrett nomination.
I believe the entire playbook of the strategists behind MAGA (Bannon, Davis, Navarro, etc.) have been taking Gramsci's Long March Through the Institution playbook and reverse engineering it. The following institutions had to be completely reformed, and in some instances, purged.
1. The Media - the first line of defense for propaganda and public opinion: hence "Fake News"
2. The Academy - the foundation for learning and the framework to see through the the Media
3. The Financial System - the means by which the citizen is enslaved to the state
4. The Military (aka Defense) - the force used to control the population, which extends into technology and healthcare. you can also wrap "intelligence" into this bucket"
5. The Courts - the vehicle from which to usurp the appropriation powers outlined by the Constitution
The Academy was the first infection that metastasized into the other institution. Ironically, the Israel-Palestine conflict represents the infection coming to a head and HOW the entire long march took place post WW1.
The first tumor infested our system when the Weimar Republic fell. When Hitler rose to power, his political enemy were the Bolshevik Communists. The intelligence seat for those individuals who had curried the culture in a post monarchy Germany were at the Frankfurt School, where they had taken Antonio Gramschi's social thought process (which evolved from Marx's economical theory) and created the framework for Critical Theory. The US provided sanctuary for these Bolsehvik professors and thought leaders at Berkley, Yale, Columbia, and Brandeis. Most, not all, of the Bolsheviks were Jewish, hence Hitler's Motive.
The second tumor infested with Operation Paperclip. Only this time, we imported the Nazi (Socialist) intelligista and put them at Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, MIT, University of Chicago, etc... So now, our key academic institutions are infiltrated with a combination of communists (Weimar ex pats) and Socialist (Nazi expats). This intellectual rot spread throughout not only the academy, but then into key segments such as medical schools, law schools and the institutions of high finance. This was the entire flywheel to wreck our country from the inside out.
It's also why we see the blatant hypocrisy on the topic of Israel (Bolsheviks) and Palestine (Nazis) playing out on campuses today.
Our military was not immune as many of our best leaders from West Point, Annapolis, etc. then went into business on the back of their military strategy foundation and received MBAs/law degrees from those same rotten institutions. It was a reinforced strategy.
Do you know what ran California's economy in the 50-70's? Other than the food production it was defense. Raytheon, McDonnell Douglas, etc. all headquartered in California. It's the seat of the Military Industry Complex.
What do you think Hollywood & Silicon Valley are an extension of?
It's all tied to Defense.
We all know about the Financial Industry here and the impact of Modern Monetary Theory on creating an enslavement system via debt. I'll save some space on this topic.
So we've had to reform/reinstate the industries, and in some instances, create an alternative (see financial systems), but if the media if the first line of defense, the judiciary is the last line of defense.
I think all of those strategists have known that this was the final fight, and it will be the BIG one. While most of the public, while fickle, recognizes the other institutions are corrupt to the core and need housecleaning, the courts are still viewed as apolitical and unbiased. While we know that certainly is not true, we have to stand firm. It is the heart of the Constitutional Crisis we face right now and we are going to have to dig in.
The Admin has to have the ability to the ability to criticize not only the radical left, but also the radical right.
This is where Amy Coney-Barrett comes in.
She is clearly indoctrinated with all the same Marxist ideology that plagues our society.
And Trump placed her there.
So when he goes after the court, and that is in progress, he is going to have to accept the blame for his own selection, which will give him more credibility with the public on the topic.
The next 100 days are going to be wild.