After the 2024 election, there was an infamous interview with a Wall Street Banker described thusly (boldface mine):

Even the way people on Wall Street talk and interact is changing. Bankers and financiers say that Trump’s victory has emboldened those who chafed at “woke doctrine” and felt they had to self-censor or change their language to avoid offending younger colleagues, women, minorities, or disabled people.

“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.”

For all I know this asshole is doing well–the nation’s misfortune for many can be a windfall for some. But economically it hasn’t worked out well for most people. Yes, he’s just another asshole who viewed 2019-2024 as a social and economic revolt that needed to be purged and was willing to embrace fascism to do so, but I wonder, depending on how he’s done, if he still thinks it was worth it.