The blob is composed of those who grew up in a world that simply no longer exists and those who are compelled to criticize DeSantis to secure sinecures or maintain professional relevance.
For the moment, economic sanctions are doing what they always do: giving Western leaders a lot of virtue signaling and public relations opportunities, but with little tangible result.
We Americans must prioritize the formulation of a new national security response to the threat from globalist, would-be emperors that include China, Iran, and Russia.