Dont wanna spoil the party here
BUT
The author of this article does make imho two crucial mistakes:
#1 Comparing trump to Nixon, KKK or McCarthy is like comparing a sledgehammer to a wrecking ball
Those three had very specific things in mind, to alter the USA into what they thought was the "right one", none of them tried (accidentally or intentionally) destroy the very foundation of what the US is.
Nixon wanted to stay in power, because power corrupted him. But otherwise he was a capable politician (almost won against JFK) who ramped out of Vietnam and negotiated with Mao (although he was responsible for the US not being able to pull out of Vietnam earlier).
KKK wanted to discriminate against black people, probably additionally they were christian nationalists who wanted to remove separation of church and state.
MCarthy wanted to get rid of a perceived communist thread.
But thats it, for each and all of them
Trump however, is a wrecking ball, attacking the foundations (of the US) on a very broad scale, each and every single one (and i wont name them, you know them), relentlessly.
Thinking that you can go back to business as usual after the next 2 years is like thinking you can move back into your apartment once the wrecking ball is finished: There will be no apartment left to move back into, at least not one you will recognize.
#2 Upwards of 30% of voters not only tolerate the current situation, they love it!
Lets assume, best case, that Dems will take back House of Representatives (senate is very improbable, which is already damning) and AOC, Bernie or Newsome (or whoever else) gets elected, you still have to deal with the fact that obviously 30% of voters were abso-fucking-lutely aok with taking down the USA, for whatever reason or perceived grievances. Its a sword of Damocles above your head, and if you wont be able to keep outnumbering them in the next election, they will vote another Trump (-like) into office, rinse and repeat.
The root of the problem is much more fundamental than just having an utterly corrupt and incompetent idiot surrounding himself with the likes of. I said it once: At the moment its the only hope the USA have that he and his cronies are, in fact, so incompetent. Thats not really a saving grace that you should be proud of or count on at all.
BUT
The author of this article does make imho two crucial mistakes:
#1 Comparing trump to Nixon, KKK or McCarthy is like comparing a sledgehammer to a wrecking ball
Those three had very specific things in mind, to alter the USA into what they thought was the "right one", none of them tried (accidentally or intentionally) destroy the very foundation of what the US is.
Nixon wanted to stay in power, because power corrupted him. But otherwise he was a capable politician (almost won against JFK) who ramped out of Vietnam and negotiated with Mao (although he was responsible for the US not being able to pull out of Vietnam earlier).
KKK wanted to discriminate against black people, probably additionally they were christian nationalists who wanted to remove separation of church and state.
MCarthy wanted to get rid of a perceived communist thread.
But thats it, for each and all of them
Trump however, is a wrecking ball, attacking the foundations (of the US) on a very broad scale, each and every single one (and i wont name them, you know them), relentlessly.
Thinking that you can go back to business as usual after the next 2 years is like thinking you can move back into your apartment once the wrecking ball is finished: There will be no apartment left to move back into, at least not one you will recognize.
#2 Upwards of 30% of voters not only tolerate the current situation, they love it!
Lets assume, best case, that Dems will take back House of Representatives (senate is very improbable, which is already damning) and AOC, Bernie or Newsome (or whoever else) gets elected, you still have to deal with the fact that obviously 30% of voters were abso-fucking-lutely aok with taking down the USA, for whatever reason or perceived grievances. Its a sword of Damocles above your head, and if you wont be able to keep outnumbering them in the next election, they will vote another Trump (-like) into office, rinse and repeat.
The root of the problem is much more fundamental than just having an utterly corrupt and incompetent idiot surrounding himself with the likes of. I said it once: At the moment its the only hope the USA have that he and his cronies are, in fact, so incompetent. Thats not really a saving grace that you should be proud of or count on at all.
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