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Could be, but I suspect we have entered a different phase. Francis was the elephant in the porcelain shop, Leo is the silent but deadly operative.

The synodalist revolution must go on, the Church must become more and more and more aligned with the powers that be, and the traditionalist movement had real momentum and scared them a bit, so my guess is that they will not try to accommodate it anymore, but crush it, before it gets out of hand.

A bit like Brexit and Trump victory in 2016: before, the powers that be were mostly nonchalant; nowadays they censor social media, arrest people for retweets and cancel elections.

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I just realized: if Rome further cracks down on the TLM, trad inc will get mad at the sspx, not Rome. If Rome makes it more available, trad inc will be mad at sspx, because "see foolish sspx? Stay in the Church and you can have the TLM," while at the same time praising Leo as a saint. Damned if you do or don't.

I disagree with the tlm stance here though. Even though the tlm was greatly liberated from 1984-2021 while being in the post-conciliar system, that tlm is what woke a lot of people up. The tlm changes the faithful. The true Faith very frequently follows from adherence to true Catholic worship.

If Rome again frees up the tlm, it will grow rapidly again, and that in itself can danger the synodal revolution. Nevers the mass can change people.

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