show trials

when an authoritarian teleology begins to falter and its stated ends seem to be fading out of reach ( which presents something of paradox since the stated goals of any teleology are always somewhere in the future and reaching that future always requires "sacrifices" in the now for those future gains and it is always instructive to ponder who benefits from those "sacrifices" in the "now" the polity are called on to make ) a police force dedicated to controling behavior and thought is necessary...and that police force consists of more than law enforcement elements...politicians and media play leading roles in framing debates and marginalizing or eliminating dissent...these limits on free discussion are not sufficient to validate the dominanat ideology...the ideology itself is inviolate ...it has the true and final ends firmly in hand so there must be some internal resistance impeeding its progress..."wreckers and saboteurs" ( or "domestic terrorists" in maga terminology ) that collude to subvert the final ends...to prove the validity of that contention public statements of guilt substantiating it are necessary and so show trials are engendered...ideologically motivated farces with forgone conclusions condeming various officials on trumped-up charges...the further up the hierarchy, without touching the upper cadres' circle the better to display the depth of the resistance the ideology faces and explaining its seeming inability to deliver its stated ends...has the u.s. seen show trials? well...the simpson trial was 352 days of theater and seemingly inept prosecution...there have been politically charged trials...sacco and vanzetti may or may not have been involved in a payroll heist that resulted in two murders ( there was recanted testimony and a confesion by another alleged perpetrator ) but they were itallian and anarchists so blind justice concluded they must be guilty of something that warranted electrocution...patty hearst got off with basically a wrist slap 22 month sentence for bank robbery which was the result of jimmy carter commuting it and she was later pardoned by bill clinton because she was of the elite...while alger hiss's trial for purjury was politically expedient for richard nixon none of the above fit the definition for a show trial...never the less while we are talking purjury what about james comey?

in a remarkably short indictment he is accused of purjury ( surely not the first time law enforcement has purjured itself ) and, through that purjury, obstruction of justice...so would this be a prelude to a show trial? since it is related to an investigation into russian influence in the 2016 presidential election it is not directly tied to maga teleology ( and, as a side note, i do believe there is a maga teloelogy centering around the return of manufacturing jobs to the united states...if that is possible as well as if those jobs would pay a living [unionized] wage, and if that is the true reason for maga grasping for power are debateable ) it is however indicative of resistance to maga and touches a fairly high ranking official while not incriminating the current political elite still it may not fit the show trial definition...it may be a rehersal for creating one though and as fissures develop ( and they will ) in the maga hierarchy show trials may become politically expedient, if not necessary...stay tuned to events...if the media reports them outside the aegis of the ministry of truth