People want Him and his people dead so they can gain control over the last and the Collegeville clinging to an innate Normalcy Bias. These are the steeple who are willing to give up individually for comfort and a Big Brother government to look after them. Jim knows these people will be like the Useful Idiots we see day after day following the party line. Power grasping political hacks plan Mike demise. Jim is no longer going to be a target. Another lesson in leadership by F. Horton. K. Pierce at his usual pitch perfect storytelling.