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[–] [email protected] 3 points 30 minutes ago

Please execute him for treason like they would have any person of color in his place.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

To the people complaining about US politics overshadowing all other discussions. I too wish US politics were unremarkable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 35 minutes ago

Even outside of usa

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

This person makes a great point. It's amazing how vapid and meaningless our common discourse has become. Long has it been since edifying conversation has been the norm.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Trump isn't going away, even if he doesn't win. That's what people thought in 2020. Now that Biden's president, Trump will just disappear, right? Wrong.

And yes, I know he said that he won't run again in 2028, but I don't believe it. His cult would beg him to run again, and he'd do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago
  1. He did go away for a while, but not by choice. He was banned from Twitter, his reddit group quarantined, and news stations fucking finally decided to stop reporting on his every stupid statement
  2. Of course he won't run again in 2028, he'll be dead. The dude looks like he's knocking on ~~heaven's~~ hell's door right now.
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

He might be gone, but his cult isn't.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I think he'll be either dead or not lucid enough to run personally

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

We can all hope, and this time we're probably gonna be right.

But the Republicans aren't running out of people.

There's no reason to think Trump's end will make the bad half of America stop this push. There's a relatively good chance they'll find a sufficiently appealing new leader or puppet. If that falls, maybe you can rest and go back to casually provoking the religious right, playing catch with your rights, and still stay safe for a while. Members of the LGBT community dropping "Live and let live." in favor of "Use the right pronouns!" was a potentially fatal mistake.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

While you're definitely correct that Trump isn't the last bigot who will run for president, none of them will have rhe same level of influence he did.

Trump is a literal cult leader. You have pastors like Shane Vaughn who literally call him "a messiah." He is literally worshipped. That's why he could get away with Jan 6th, that's why he'll have so many voters no matter what, it's a cult.

With the above said, the his defeat will dishearten his mkst fervent followers. I believe many of them will never be able to bring themselves to vote for another candidate, ever. Not all, but many. Republican voter enthusiasm will be at an all time low.

Following this, the infighting we already see will only get worse as would-be successors fight for the scraps that their titan left behind while others fight to leave Trumpism in the dust. Even if they manage to get a majority, they'd accomplish nothing meaningful.

Their entire plan hinges on Donald Trump's cult influence. The depend on his rabid base of supporters. If he loses this election, that goes away. The remnants will be fought over, but none of them will be able to touch the level of influence Trump himself had. His legacy will leave the Republican party fractured for decades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Or in prison.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

If he doesn't end up in prison or the psych ward he'll be too old to "run" again.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah we thought that about Biden and the fascist xunt still ran again, destroying the primary, and eventually appointed one of the least popular politicians in US history in his stead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Lol what?

Is biden the fascist now to whitewash trump?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

Both are fascist. The guy commiting genocide will never not be a fascist, sorry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 50 minutes ago

Oh no a pro trumper. Goodbye!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

Trump voters want to talk about making towns safe, permanently removing people who cause problems or don't play along properly, and make a society where white men to a greater extent can do some kinds of horrible abuse behind closed doors with everyone knowing, most people tolerating it, and only a few authority figures able to do anything about it if they want to or are pressured to.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Trump is one problem in a world full of problems, but goddamn will it feel good to be rid of him all the same.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I almost can't remember what the internet was like without seeing his name or face every day. I miss it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

The internet you remember before he came around is dead, never to return. It's not his doing, it's the complete and utter corporate takeover of the internet, and the funneling of 95% of the traffic to 4 sites. It's the algorithmic content presentation, and the curtaining of real friendship content. It's these platforms refusing to show you what you want, and only showing ads and boosted content, which is essentially an ad. The Internet is dead. Long live the Internet!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Four options:

  • He's finally prosecuted for his countless crimes and lands in jail for life
  • Natural death/diagnosis of dementia
  • He's voted out
  • He's elected and someone with better aim tries their luck
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

He's finally prosecuted for his countless crimes and lands in jail for life

Fucking ROTFLcopter. Yeah right.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 hours ago

I don't expect him to live a full term even if he's not assassinated, and Vance is a fascist without dementia.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Voting him out will not remove him from your feed. You will hear about how the election was stolen again. About how his disciples tried to destroy the capitol or the white house or whatever, again. You will hear about how he was out on trial again. You will hear about whatever new crap he comes up with.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I'd rather watch him flail about after losing again than watch him execute his ~~mass deportation~~ genocide plans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

Yeah that will only be popcorn time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Peak liberalism.

Imagine thinking that once the loudest symptom of fascism is no longer visible, the decades long multibillion dollar Republican project to undemocratically seize power just goes away. That all the structural issues with America go away.

Big “We want to go back to brunch” energy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Imagine thinking that once the loudest symptom of fascism is no longer visible, the decades long multibillion dollar Republican project to undemocratically seize power just goes away.

What? You're telling me that what happened in 1933 with the business plot to overthrow the government and no one of importantance being held accountable allowed fascism to continue to grow. That is..... That actually tracks with America. We have a terrible short term memory.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

lol no: Trump will keep running until he dies and Ds will keep using him as a bogeyman

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

Fine, but he's getting close to the end. We should keep him out of the White House until then.

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