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What happens after Xi Jinping?
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My apologies on the misidentification of your nationality, you simply speak of American politics like many Chinese people I know.
I completely, and absolutely, disagree.
You are completely mistaken on the nature of January 6th, with your revolutionary vision clouding your judgement and the appearance of events.
We do not know how to wage a real revolution, reactionary or otherwise, in this country. We have all been taught incorrectly, mostly from our spectator nature of color revolutions. We only know reformist politics, and spectacular actions, with no in-between. January 6th was a spectacular action, with no chance of actually accomplishing anything substantial. And the reforms came from the state and federal court appointments that Trump did.
Due to this, I am firmly of the opinion that we, at most, will experience the same "Will they, won't they" cycle that we did after the first term, however, there is no way in hell Trump will spend a single day in prison.
Trump has capitulated to the only real, sustained power in Washington, the National Security/Military Industrial Complex. Therefore, he will be just fine.
I meant I'm not Chinese, as in I am not an authority figure commenting on my own culture. I believed I accidentally misled you, not that you made a mistake on that part.
That doesn't mean his administration won't be concerned about the potential for prosecution or about losing the elections and try to suspend them.
They want to cover their bases. My point is that covering their bases undermines the stability of the USA.
And my point is that the idea that they would be prosecuted beyond a slap on the wrist is extremely ahistorical. Even within Nixon's administration, which was extremely conspiratorial, bordering on and often surpassing the legal definition of treason, only got smacked because it withheld information from both the Democrats, Republicans, AND the wider security state, and even then, they were pardoned or given minimal fines and sentencing.
Trump and his lackies wouldn't just have to be 'covering their bases', they would have to be insane on a level rivaling Pol Pot or Jim Jones. And I don't think they are. They know they are protected, they know who butters their bread, and they will not get in the way of elections.
As someone who lives in this country, and understands how people within it operate politically, it would be genuinely shocking if Trump suffers any consequences, and I will, literally, boil and eat my boots if he cancels elections, which I will probably have to anyways since everything would go to shit immediately if he did. It simply isn't going to happen.