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by jasonwatkinspdx 272 days ago
Impeachment flatly isn't happening. We're not getting 67 votes for it in the senate. If the fake electors plot and Jan 6th didn't do it, nothing will.

So as shitty as that is we need to operate within that reality.

Also, Trumpism isn't going to end with Trump. Now that his base has had a sold run of "winning" they're not just going to dissipate, even if any potential successor may not be as effective as Trump in creating a personality cult.

There's millions of Americans that want these things.
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parineum 272 days ago
> Also, Trumpism isn't going to end with Trump.

We'll see about that. The prominent members of his like are all doing their best impressions of him and it's they're not very convincing. Their sycophancy is the best indicator that they lack the spine to do the audacious things he does.

Someone with a completely different demeanor yet still standing above the crowd is what will likely succeed Trump and, as of now, I don't see it.

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morkalork 272 days ago
Regardless of the quality of potential successors, his supporters will still be there after and their core beliefs won't be any different after he's gone.
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parineum 272 days ago
Their core beliefs are whatever Trump says.
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jasonwatkinspdx 272 days ago
No, they hold core positions that not even Trump could switch them on. Like imagine if Trump reversed all his positions on immigration? They're not going to go along with that.

The lines between their in group and the out groups they target don't depend on Trump. He's just very effective at wielding them.

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parineum 271 days ago
You're just talking about Republicans. Having a problem with how immigration was, mask mandates, "forced" vaccination, boys in girls sports, etc are pretty mainstream issues. Despite what the "very online" crowd thinks (including most of the media), those are very normal opinions.

The MAGA crowd aren't the same. MAGA dies with Trump. Nobody is going to get away with saying what Trump did about McCain post Trump. Nobody else is going to try this tariff nonsense. Nobody else is going to send the national guard to American cities.

Trump has extreme solutions to main stream gripes. The gripes will stay, the solutions won't.

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MisterTea 272 days ago
> Also, Trumpism isn't going to end with Trump.

It remains to be seen. Trumpism is built directly around his entertaining cult of personality. Once he is out who's going to entertain the masses?

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