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Humanity's First Truly Simultaneous Global Celebration (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 18 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

Trouble is, there's a long line of equally toxic shitheads ready to succeed him. You think Vance or Johnson will be any better?

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I don't think either of them will get the automatic allegiance of a cult. One can hope, anyway.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago

    Vance definitely doesn't have anything to pull people to him. Like as much as I hate Trump, I at least see the dumb things he does his cult likes. Vance has none of that. It's like if Jeffries tried to replace Mamdani.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    Let's hope not. They're both charisma vacuums. Not that I think Trump is especially charismatic either, but his personality is certainly large and hard to ignore, unlike those two gormless non-entities.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (6 children)

    The long line is what will help. That whole line of them will be at each other's throats trying to take his place. It will divide their party and divide their supporters. Eventually, one will claim victory and rise to prominence, but until then, they'll be in crippling chaos.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Unless I am mistaken, there is no line. If POTUS does in office, vice-POTUS takes over.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Takes over the office, but that doesn't mean he takes over the party or the voters.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    The rich guys are ready to support Vance.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    That's not how this kind of shit works. A dictatorship does not simply appoint a successor and carry on. Even if it is firmly entrenched, there will well be a power struggle among potential successors, that often brings down the entire regime. And in the US the fascists aren't firmly entrenched just yet.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    I believe this is completely incorrect. This idea of a power struggle concerning successors being of super high importance reduces the problem down to individuals. Regimes don't fail because of small skirmishes, or because of a leader dying.

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