The article didn’t convince me it was more clairvoyant than MGS2 was but was still an interesting read.
Also I don’t know what quotidian violence means.
Civil contempt sentences are usually indefinite, lasting until the person complies with the court order - which in this case would be divulging the location of the missing coins.
But last year, the judge agreed to end Thompson’s civil contempt sentence, arguing that he was unlikely to ever offer an answer, according to CBS News.
Looks like the strategy worked out.