[MangoToupe]

I'm all in favor for releasing them, but do people really think this document will change much? Distraction, projection, and denial are so effective it's not clear what impact people would imagine it has.

If you frequent conservative forums you'll notice people are more committed to the fascist project than they are to Trump. He may in the end be disposable to them.

[maplethorpe]

> I'm all in favor for releasing them, but do people really think this document will change much?

The government seems to fear that it would.

[MangoToupe]

"The government" is tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people. I have a hard time imagining this list being released would change much about how it operates, frankly. This strikes me as resistance borne of individual—if deep—fear.

[jennyholzer]

With this in mind, I have to assume that they were killing children on Epstein's island.

[HumblyTossed]

Nah that was in Romania.

It’s all linked together though.

[HumblyTossed]

Trump is being used as the scapegoat mechanism. They’re using him to push and shove the bad stuff so that when he’s expelled everyone feels like it’s over but nothing really has been reverted. Thiel is definitely part of this. As is his bought and paid for minion Vance.

[kemayo]

He seems to be the glue that's holding together the current coalition. The fascist project set is absolutely there, but they've never really won over the MAGA crowd who flocked to Trump's rallies. It's certainly possible that someone will manage to hold them together post-Trump, but nobody in conservative leadership right now seems to have his charisma and ability to draw those people in. (I absolutely believe that Vance thinks he can do it, but I am extremely skeptical.)

Which does make it challenging for them, since Trump's an elderly man who doesn't look to be in particularly good health.

[jennyholzer]

It's hard for me to imagine anyone who didn't already rise to prominence in the mass media environment of yesteryear to engage voters in the way Trump has.

In other words, I think Trump was able to succeed politically because he was "the guy from TV".

I don't think the current media environment is making more "guys from TV" (at least not with anywhere close to the status they had ~25 years ago).

[kemayo]

Watch out for President MrBeast in 2032.

[Gigachad]

The amount of effort Trump has made to hide these documents makes me think they must be so much worse than expected.

[add-sub-mul-div]

Each side thinks the other is the useful idiot. That's hilarious.

[jennyholzer]

Trump is the glue.