@HappydaysArehere
He needs to be locked up. However, can’t see it happening as there are so many Americans who have believed his lies.
I agree he needs to be locked up. If what he has done goes unpunished then what exactly does a president need to do to get the book thrown at them? Let him off the hook and it is sending a wholly undesirable message to those who might follow in his footsteps.
It is not just him though. He could not have done as much damage as he did without the complicit support of many others in positions of power and they need to be held accountable too.
As to all the ordinary Americans that supported his more hate-fuelled views and actions, I think the best that can be done is that any subsequent investigations and prosecutions must focus 100% on truth over politics. Some of his followers will be beyond hope but many others have been sucked in by lies and misinformation. Finding a way to get them to listen to a different narrative is key.
We also all need to look at ourselves as a whole and think about how we deal with this new world where so much information (or misinformation) is spread through gossip over social media as opposed to official media outlets. Not to say that traditional media is beyond reproach, it very much isn't, but at least there is a degree of journalistic professionalism out there and publishers and broadcasters can be held to account much more effectively than individuals on SM.