Seems that "legitimacy" is a pretty odd place to get stuck, when we both agree it literally doesn't matter. I was initially stating what will happen, precisely because legitimacy does not matter.
Excuse me, where did I say it doesn't matter? Just because under our current political climate, legitimacy doesn't matter to those in office to impeach, does not mean I am saying it doesn't matter. Because it does matter. That's the whole point, legitimacy has to become critically important. The only way it will become important, is by bringing it to the front and center and reminding people of it. Not just continuing to ignore it and sweeping it under the rug.. Until you and everyone else realizes this, our country will continue to self destruct.
People are like a live frog in a pot of water.. as the heat is turned up, the frog looks around, think it's getting warm, but everything is the same as usual, so it doesn't matter. Pretty soon, what they thought didn't matter, really won't matter, because they are dead because they didn't recognize what did matter, resulting in them getting cooked.. It's the same story here.. people think oh, not having legitimacy in impeachments and such is normal, so it doesn't matter if there is legitimacy or not. Pretty soon, The United States, will be no more, because we didn't recognize that legitimacy does matter resulting in the death of our country as we know it.
Legitimacy is part of accountability, or rather accountability is a central element of legitimacy. Saying legitimacy doesn't matter is the same as saying accountability doesn't matter. Yes, it appears it doesn't matter in the current political climate.. but it won't change until we do something about it.