Decentralized communication and computing power, the widespread ownership of firearms, and extensive guerrilla war-making capability will ruin the designs of those bent on totalitarian control. The Age of Government is giving way to the Age of the Individual. Fittingly, the Baby Boomer gerontocracy that so profited from the former is finally coming to an end. Trump, a devout believer in government, is a relic of that age. However, if he takes office he’ll be passing the torch to the next generation. Whether he or J.D. Vance plays any part in the transition to the coming age remains to be seen.

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