I had precisely this much to do with the events of January 6th: I made sure people I know and love would not be there. It was obviously a mistake – and a glaring example of Trump’s baseline foolishness – if only because, in times of turmoil, a man’s duty is to his own family, his own home, his own values.

Likewise today, still more obviously a Mistake. Photos of everyone there would make a nice database of suspected FBI employees.

But note that peaceful Protest by non-Marxists is by now effectively outlawed in the United States: Any organized protest is FBI entrapment, backed up by twenty-year prison terms. To engage with any stranger is to invite lifelong persecution.

The solution is simply non-cooperation. We can’t organize in the streets like the British or the French, not without risking prison, but we don’t have to. All we have to do is nothing.

The tyrant’s chief fear is not of the people turning against him, but of his own henchmen. As Genocide Joe’s Fiascopade extends to three and four performances a day, the upsides to a polite regicide will sell themselves.

What then? Legitimacy literally means the ongoing, uninterrupted consent of the overwhelming majority of the governed. All government compulsion is crime, not just vaccine mandates. Withdraw your consent. When enough people do – then do all tyrants have reason to fear.

In other news:

Housing Wire: These are the hottest housing markets in America.

CNBC: Artificial intelligence is taking over real estate – here’s what that means for homebuyers.

The Los Angeles Times: Watch out, NIMBYs. Newsom just dumped single-family zoning.

Real Clear Politics: The Conservative Temperament Is Dooming America.

City Journal: Heaping on the SALT: Democrats press Biden to reinstate a tax break for the wealthy.