The soft tyranny stage will last only until our ruling class has sufficiently consolidated power. After that, no more Mr Nice Guy. For insight into the mentality of our rulers, look to Harvard, the Death Star of the liberal elite. Juliette Kayyem of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard shares her preferred response to working class resistance to insane Covid mandates:

Kayyem said there should have been no mercy for the truckers who blocked the Ambassador Bridge connecting the US and Canada.

“The Ambassador Bridge link constitutes 28% of annual trade movement between US and Canada. Slash the tires, empty gas tanks, arrest the drivers, and move the trucks,” Kayyem said in a Thursday twitter rant to her nearly 200,000 followers, calling it an “economic and security issue.”

Kayyem is also an analyst for CNN and a former Boston Globe columnist, and served as US Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intergovernmental Affairs under Obama.

Despite 2 years of media-stoked Covid hysteria, we have not yet reached the point where Kayyem’s ham-fisted authoritarianism passes muster with the public.

As online outrage grew, she initially doubled down.

“Trust me, I will not run out of ways to make this hurt: cancel their insurance; suspend their drivers licenses; prohibit any future regulatory certification for truckers, etc. Have we learned nothing? These things fester when there are no consequences,” she said.

Then someone gave her a nudge and whispered, “Too far too fast.” She issued a clarification, sort of:

“Earlier today, I tweeted something that has been used by others to suggest I was promoting vigilantism. I was not. People have the freedom to protest. Governments have the responsibility to protect public safety. That was what I intended to say,” Kayyem wrote.

However, the message was received, loud and clear. Wait until we have the leverage, little people. Then we will deal with you.

That leverage could be only a voting rights bill and a packed Supreme Court away.

In the meantime, let’s hope Antifa and Black Lives Matter types get the word that she was not promoting vigilantism.

Kayyem also wants the unvaccinated put on a no-fly list, presumably even if they have natural immunity, which is more effective than the vaccines, as even the CDC admits. She is not an expert on health. She is an expert on government.

On a tip from Gregtuco. Hat tip: Information Liberation.