It was more like the top photo, actually. Politicians cowered. Their praetorian guard murdered an unarmed protester for walking around a public building. Now there are manhunts and they've erected walls to protect their soft selves from the People.

Imagine being an "anarchist" or a commie right now. In one afternoon, the right illustrated by contrast how fake the left's revolutionary posturing is. You just spent the summer attending nominally anti-police demonstrations alongside the Mayor and with the endorsement of literally every corporate media outlet, fast food brand and bank. The police kneel for you. You firebomb a federal courthouse and there are no consequences. The VP-elect foots your bail. Imagine devoting yourself to an ideology so consistent with the hegemon's prerogatives and pretending to be "radical" because you "identify" as the opposite sex.