"his disappearance or sudden death in New York would almost immediately spark a revolution “unlike anything the country’s ever seen” and galvanize an indefatigable resistance."
In the history of societies anywhere on the globe this is the only thing (so far) that has truly changed a country.. Don't mistake the civil side's apparent inaction for weakness.. if it comes to it that side will go nuclear and enact the change it has waited a long time for.
I just think everyone has a breaking point.. look at protests in other countries and those people don't have weapons. People have had enough and when enough people have had enough that's when change happens. People in other countries are throwing politicians in dumpsters. I agree here in the US one of our greatest weaknesses, ironically, is our civility and inability to organize. The side claiming to be for America hasn't stood up yet to literally take it back. I wonder what it will take for that to happen.. that is if it doesn't go the way we think it will here. But if we lose the one man we're all counting on as our head.. who knows?