No but non-functional can be considered destroyed in this context…

You falsely assume there is going to be midterms…

Yeah this is propaganda, nothing more.

Dictatorships don’t need such things, and Elon is the heir apparent to Trump…

If by recent you mean 5-6 years then yes

Yeah that’s one of the reasons I’ve held off.

But I need to reload Windows, so I figured I’d check out alternatives.

shrug its 12? years old and I’ve never had a issue with it…