If they had burned the Capitol to the ground with everyone in it, Greenwald would be concerned about the authoritarian harms of the response.

It would still be a concern!

I feel like you are proving his point? Can you imagine the authoritarian lockdowns if hundreds of US politicians were killed?

Every remaining politician would do everything in their power to not have that happen again, regardless of the constitutionality of those actions.

To his mind, the greatest possible evil is that someone, somewhere, might be held accountable for their actions.

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