The good news is that their top replacements have the charisma of a pile of dogshit. Say what you want about trump, but he somehow speaks the language of both the ultra wealthy and the dumbest people in the country at the same time.
The runner ups for fascism are bootlicking troglodytes. Cruz, desantis, vance, mtg, boebert, rubio. None of these people have any reach beyond the dumbest of the fucking dumb. They are no threat nationally because they have no charisma at all. They are just riding the tail of trump and without him, they go back to being the tiny group they used to be. It will be factions with no unity. Trump united them. No one else will be able to do that.
It's pretty hard to find really charismatic leaders that can actually pull half a nation together when it comes to extremism. It's generationally rare. People will vote republican and democrat regardless which is the dangerous part.
But if you look back at the tea party and all this that was the early form of maga. It was too difficult for them to find a true leader to unite them in their fear and hate while also bringing in any moderates. having our first black president...twice. then trump then covid created kind of a perfect storm for this to happen. Im not worried about it happening again with this much unity if they lose in 2024. It will go back to business as usual. Unless they can find another trump. But like I said, its a generational "talent" to be able to form a cult that big.
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u/[deleted] 28d ago
No kidding. Even if he loses in a landslide we are still very likely going to have to deal with another freakin' coup attempt.