• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    4 hours ago

    I’m Canadian and can’t vote in any American election.

    I hear more about Trump than I hear about all of our politicians combined.

    I just don’t understand how people can get so excited all the time about this stuff. Like, being so invested in some rich assholes life that you’ll commit treason and break into Congress to wander around aimlessly?

    Why are you like this? Make politics boring again.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 hours 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.

  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
    191·
    9 hours ago

    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.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      6 hours 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.
      • Comment105@lemm.ee
        31·
        7 hours ago

        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.

        • Dae@pawb.social
          7·
          6 hours 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.

      • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Cults require a charismatic figurehead. Vance doesn’t have that. Without a leader, they’ll fall into infighting and purity tests.

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
      22·
      6 hours ago

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

      • basmati@lemmus.orgEnglish
        26·
        6 hours ago

        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.

  • AHasshacked@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
    17·
    3 hours ago

    Thinking that Harris is not the same fascist as trump is very naive. all politicians are psycho murderers, or they would not be politicians in the first place

    • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
      4·
      2 hours ago

      That’s such a childish view. The world is not black and white, and neither are politicians. If you can’t figure out the difference between Harris and Trump then I’m not sure you’re mature enough to be talking about politics in the first place. You should learn nuance first.

  • Comment105@lemm.ee
    62·
    7 hours 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.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    12 hours ago

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

    • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
      10·
      10 hours ago

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

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        6 hours 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!

  • Lucy :3@feddit.org
    13·
    11 hours ago

    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
  • Professorozone@lemmy.world
    141·
    12 hours ago

    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.