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[–] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

His base might fall apart. The people who voted for him. But those in power stay in power. Vought is the lynchpin on P25. Miller. Vance. Rubio. The oligarch assholes. They’ll live on.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Might?

    The entire right-wing is an unstable house of cards that started being built in the Nixon Administration. (Literally, the Fox News President was Nixon's media guy)

    The only thing holding that Narcissism Coalition together is Donald Trump's necromancer.

    When Trump finally shuffles off to hell, the right will splinter into 3-5 factions.

    None of those factions will develop a majority among the right because the only thing they have in common is Trump's celebratory bigotry and ability to lie without microexpressions setting off their internal alarms.

    EX: JD Vance and Stephen Miller and Mike Johnson are all Nazi trash but they are also three very different faces of the same evil. You won't see them at the same cookout unless it's some kind of bigoted work event.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    is it really an unstable house of cards if it's only gotten stronger and moved things further to the right consistently over 50+ years?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Yes. Fascism consumes itself as it bellows.

    The last 50 years was the slow build-up, the frog in the pot.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I can't see many historical examples of fascism or any kind of dictatorship that ended well for its population. There can be a lot of infighting when different factions try to grab the power, but it doesn't often end with regime change.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I have family members who just stay loyal to republicans. It’s bizarre, but it exists. Ranting about balancing the budget for years only to stand behind this admin denying anything negative, never mind the present budget.

    There is a centered, loyal, toe the line no matter what or who base out there.

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