• ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    What a shame the assassin missed.

    There would undoubtedly be fallout, but the public really needs to remember that we are the ones allowing democracy to be shit on and destroyed in front of our eyes as Media across the country only cares about engagement.

    It turns out letting America be held hostage by Fascists makes for good TV, and the 6 people who own almost every media outlet never forgot how great enslaved populations were for their bottom line.

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      2 months ago

      Probably best that Trump survives to lose, and lose hard. Had be been assassinated, he’d be the perfect martyr and we’d never be free of MAGA. There’s no heir apparent ATM, but given the power vacuum his murder would have opened, bet they would have found one with the quickness. Pre-election, even a natural death would open doors. Plus, imagine the violence that would have erupted.

      Right now we’re only seeing low-level stochastic terrorism, but I honestly think his most unhinged followers would have been hunting “enemies of the state” (read liberals) in the streets.

      Conservatives loathe failures. Yet another Trump failure, they’re on the turning away. If Harris thoroughly whips his ass, watch a year from now, “Yeah, I never was a big fan of his.” Same as happened to Nixon. Sure, he had die-hard fans, but most of his people got real quiet, real quick.

      This campaign is his last ditch, last gasp, chance to stay relevant. If, and I believe when, he loses in a landslide, he’s going to quickly spiral into history’s outhouse. Loss of personal freedom, money, power and influence, loss of followers, and loss of health on the heels of all that? He’s fucked.

      Yes, the man has dodged accountability his whole life, but remove his power, money and influence, he’s going to be standing buck naked. The chickens are coming home to roost. I can hear them already.