# 7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020 "2021-01-08T10:28:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2199 "2021-09-08T02:52:34Z")

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Like [I said last year:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-urge-to-be-transgressive/925907/46)

> [@Kimstu](#):
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> They’re sick of being wrong, and the cognitive dissonance is stressing them out so much that they’ve just gone into full-blown “break it all up and burn it all down” tantrum state.

They may not admit that they’re wrong, but somehow the facts never seem to corroborate them. And even when they win elections, somehow they never seem to get the prosperity and success and validation that they were told would result.

They’re living in a fake reality carefully crafted for them by an unscrupulous elite that bullshits them for votes to consolidate its own hold on power and wealth for its own benefit. And they’ve figured out just enough of that to have an angry feeling that something’s wrong somewhere, but not enough to understand what’s really going on.

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