That’s why I said ‘regular people’. Non-fascists, non-extremists. People who may not be protesting but who are watching news clips.
Historically, though they may not protest themselves, they don’t have much tolerance for violence against peaceful protesters, and that’s what brings these movements mainstream.
Pretty sure they do. They still own Clearwater, Florida (including the police department) and have a significant presence in East Grinstead, England, plus at least one mega-yacht in international waters. All they need to do is relocate you there then ‘handle’ the investigation when you come up missing.
Shelly is still missing to this day.
e: they may have toned down the crazy publicly because they were attracting too much attention, but I don’t think their power has diminished.