Here I can spell it out for you. The second sentence from my first post: > malice from those in power isn't necessarily something we can always expect to prote

Here I can spell it out for you. The second sentence from my first post: > malice from those in power isn't necessarily something we can always expect to protect against, and at most only mitigate. That's the central point/argument. To drag out the conclusion here, do we even want government institutions that continue to function once the executive pulls funding from them? Ignoring whether it should be expected, are we really at a point where we are saying "look I know I intentionally pulled the funding but I want it to keep working anyway!" By hey if you want to go back to speaking to the ad homs (of which I've delivered many that you clearly deserve at this point), or continuing to fail to understand metaphors, be my guest, but don't pretend you're actually engaging with the argument.