@chu somehow that same thing keeps happening again and again in the history of fascist regimes 
the elites initially treat the leader as someone gullible they can exploit under controlled conditions in order to serve their own agenda, only for him to keep getting more access to the system and exploiting it to the point where they can't get rid of him
on this subject, i recomend the tv show "m: son of the century" and also one of the lastest johnny harris' videos 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV8KGcFqeLc)
i wonder if this is related to the same missing reply issue you're talking abt (i don't understand much about tech). i've had a friend of mine say they couldn't see what i was tagging them in before