"Yarvin said that after a hypothetical authoritarian president was inaugurated in January, 'you can’t continue to have a Harvard or a New York Times past since perhaps the start of April'."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvi...

Formerly, the Republicans were for small govt and keeping out of people's lives. Then the Tea Partiers and MAGAts took over.