Big tech has has been on a campaign for years restricting online speech under the guise of widely ambiguous judgments and disturbingly broad strokes: from “learn to code” to “women aren’t men” to Alex Jones to “Articles of Unity,” voices from both the left and the right (though mostly the right, honestly) have been muzzled.

Meanwhile, the narrative that is reported almost universally across the Mediaverse is one-sided and exaggerated. Trump’s crass and unsophisticated communication skills are converted to dictator status. “All Lives Matter” becomes racist rhetoric. BLM/Antefa rioting is reported as “mostly peaceful.”

CoVid policies depress the economy, likely permanently damaging entire industries in many States; certainly many individuals may never recover from what’s happened. These policies are unequally applied. Public officials declare draconian lockdown and personal infringement measures, all the while granting insipid exceptions if not completely disregarding their own edicts.

Then the election happens, with numerous oddities surrounding it. Every challenge raised is either dismissed, if not outright, then with only the most cursory of pretense at reviewing the “evidence.”

All of this pressure: the economic depression, the social restrictions, the accusations, no outlet to cry foul to, the precedent for allowing violence and insurrection throughout the months of protests; created this zeitgeist. And the madness of crowds guaranteed that there would be some in that group who would do such idiotic actions.

And the preparation for such a day filled with hundreds of thousands of disgruntled and disaffected individuals with dozens of activist zealots and scores of unthinking hotheads? An under-fit police/security.

And the reaction to this inevitability? Denials to offer aid when requested, and promises to make sure those responsible pay. The snake shifts and the coil tightens that much more.