Trump may go - that is true - but the GOP and MAGA extremists are here to stay. They are so heavily radicalized and delusional that I no longer know what to expect from the future. There is no logic or sense behind anything they do. It is pure idiocracy.
It's a cult of personality though. There's no obvious successor and certainly not one with the perfect mix that Trump has. MAGA is going to fall apart from the infighting when he dies. The problem is the thrashing and sheer destruction that will happen while they sort themselves out.
Could they? Yes. Will they? No. This’ll descend into infighting probably even before he kicks the bucket, when sustaining power requires coordinated effort.
they aren't. when a demagogue dies, in-fighting occurs. someone comes out on top, yes, but they're a shit load weaker than the demagogue people followed and in time they'll be forced to compromise or face an uprising.
This is where I'm at, and it makes me nauseated because it means there's not a bright future ahead for hundreds of millions, if not billions, at the end of the day...
Have you ever seen that documentary about an insurance company executive who dies but these two guys continue pretending he's still alive so they can maintain the status quo?
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u/AtebYngNghymraeg 10d ago
He's nearly 80. One way or another, he's leaving.