by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I don’t know what to tell you folks. Racism and misogyny are a hell of a drug combination. Trump could eat someone live on TV and still have a base of 35% of the Republican electorate — more than enough to secure him the Republican nomination. Then he’s just 60,000 votes in five swing states away from becoming POTUS again.
As I have said — repeatedly — it’s at that point that we face the existential choice of autocracy or civil war / revolution. Though, these days, I’m leaning more towards it be a clear choice of autocracy or revolution. I just don’t see Blues wanting a National Divorce. But I can see them wanting to topple the “Magadonia” regime, an act which would be marketed as a”Revolution.”
It would be unprecedent, but, remember, Trump’s base is about 35% of the Republican electorate, which is really small. If the +60% of people who hate MAGA rebelled in some collective manner, we MIGHT be able to topple Trump with relative ease.
Or not.
It could be a Turkey situation where there’s a fail coup, which only leads to the autocrat being more powerful in the end. I guess I can dream of a “Glorious Revolution of 2024-2025,” can’t I?
But that’s all besides the point — I think we probably need to start thinking about who Trump picks as his Veep. If he picks some whack job like MTG, then it will be THAT person, not Trump who ultimately becomes America’s first real autocrat. And, remember, the vat majority of the people who might be the leadership of any “Glorious Revolution” in late 2024, early 2025….will simply leave the county and be fucking smug liberal podcasters in the South of France.
Ugh.
But I am always wrong. Maybe we’ll put these particular problems down the road.
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