The "Show Trial" Theory

Z-man writes another engaging piece here.

He starts with the show trial being run over the January 6th disturbance, and goes on to 'splain where the term became famous.

...The thing with Stalin’s purges and show trials is they were not just about his rise to one-man rule of the Soviet state. There were real policy disputes within the party in the 1920’s that are relevant today. The left side of the party, represented by Trotsky, was the accelerationist wing. They wanted rapid adoption of socialism. The right side was the incrementalistic wing, represented by Bukharin. They wanted socialism to evolve over time with party guidance and motivation.

Initially, Stalin sided with the right. In retrospect he chose this course because it gave him time to solidify his hold of the party organization. Stalin was not a theorist or a strategist, but he was an adept organizer. The slow and steady approach, while not living up to the ideals of Bolshevism, meant he could stock the growing bureaucracy with his people. By the late 1920’s when it was clear that the slow approach was far too slow, Stalin switched sides and embraced the accelerationist approach....

We all know that Trotsky was taken out by Stalin's boyzzzz in Mexico.  Stalin was serious about eliminating competition. 

Z-Man thinks that the Pelosi vs. TittyCaCa hissy-fit is history repeating itself.

...The point here is the show trial is the bit of the iceberg we can see from outside the ruling regime. The part we don’t see is the party struggle over how to move forward with their stated agenda. In the age of Covid, which started with the chants of “build back better”, it is not unreasonable to see the current show trials in this light. The new rounds of Covid panic, which are a prelude to an autumn lockdown, suggest there is a power struggle inside the party as to how best to force the great reset,

The 18-month campaign against Covid has seen trillions shifted from the white middle-class to elements of the ruling class. The tech oligopoly has profited wildly from the massive changes in society in the name of Covid. Small business has been devastated, much in the same way the kulaks were crushed by Stalin. On the other hand, similar to Stalin’s revolution from above, the great reset is not going [according] to plan. The purge of Trumpism did not end resistance to the party.

Another clue here is the slow maneuvering to pass what is being called an infrastructure plan but is in reality the end of the two-party charade. The $4T plan working its way through the Senate will lock in the gains made by the Left over the last year and foreclose any electoral resistance. The show trial appears to be an effort to whip up support on the left in order to force some elements of the right to sign onto what amounts to their own death certificate....

Z-Man is not impressed by the Capitol Cops.  I don't blame him.

...This is why people should not be fooled by the collection of sissies they rolled out in the first phase. Sure, the those mall cops reading speeches provided to them by the party were ridiculous. One of them was barely literate. The typical mall Santa sees tougher action than these wimps saw on January 6th, but that was never the point of this highly orchestrated drama....

As usual, he's a pessimist about the near future, too; his is not the 'ballot-box' route.

There are obvious questions here, first among them being "Is Nancy really Stalin?" and next "Will Nancy arrange to have TittyCaCa assassinated in Mexico?"  Or will it be vice-versa?   

Other, less dramatic ones, include whether the Death-By-Virus story is going to hold up when deaths/case are down by 90%, thus whether they can impose more 'lockdowns.'

Hmmmmm.  We live in interesting times, so that's two Chinese curses.

How's your ammo supply?