If your focus is solely on the MAGA cult instead of the oligarch cult leaders, “just smart enough” might be a little generous.

I don’t know if “sane” is the right way to describe the historical MO of the US Government with or without Trump, but I know what you mean. I think.

Inkjet printers can be traced if the feds really wanted to (probably very unlikely just for stickers though).

Rhodesia didn’t make it though, so there’s some precedent for real-world hope too, even though I largely agree with you.

And (in the experience of hypothetical pirate goblins I’ve hypothetically spoken to) won’t result in your ISP shutting your internet off until you agree to be nice and never do that again.