I’m afraid, is too little too late. It is their last-ditch attempt to assert control over a situation that has spiraled steadily for 4 years out of hand. They are using a tool that they normally wish to keep in the shadows because they have no other choice. They are DESPERATELY trying maintain control even as the very fascists they allowed in their ranks are learning how to seize power and operate without their support.

I don't think the situation is that dire, but things are heading in that direction for sure. Okay, you just purged a hundred thousand of the most mask-off reactionary people from social media. Cool. It's not like those people are going anywhere. They still live among us. They're still armed and dangerous. A week ago they might have felt like the government was conspiring against them, but after this response that belief will turn into a conviction that they will carry to the grave. These people can never be won over or brought back into the fold after this.

As for swift ramifications, I wouldn't count on it. The political elites will not fracture and turn on each other. Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden openly insist that a strong Republican Party is essential for the well-being of the state. The only accountability people like Ted Cruz or Josh Hawley will see are wokescold attack ads which rile their supporters up. Nor will the police fracture and turn on each other. They will sooner riot than execute a political purge against their own ranks. The most likely thing to happen is Trump gets scapegoated. He's just one guy who's usefulness has expired. They can toss him into the oubliette and lose nothing (his followers are already lost). This they still probably won't do though, because the precedent of holding Presidents accountable to the law is unacceptable. It is the imperial President's job to commit crimes against humanity with impunity.

Meanwhile, The social media purge will drive the libs into a false sense of security jerking each other off about prestige tv and the "return to norms."