Every accusation is a confession. Make no mistake, despite alligator tears of Musk, I *still argue that perhaps not literally planned (mygad I'm beginning to sound like the conspiracy theorists I rail against... except, yanno, all I hear is crickets from them when *actual conspiracies are taking place, these people would have called the Civil Rights movement a conspiracy) so while the specifics may be unplanned, make no mistake - this falls neatly in line with stoking hatred to enable a "it will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" response. This is still mere weeksinto this administration.
To bring it home to us in Canada, jfc the NDP gotta get their shit together, cuz the Libs are just gonna cement a disaster capitalism response and further capitalize on the moment to solidify nationalism which in turn furthers the by definition unsustainability of global capitalism.
Fascism is a feature, a symptom, not a side effect.