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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (10 children)

You're forgetting that cults don't continue when the leader is gone. Trump doesn't his entire life getting people to believe him and love him or hate him he is good at it. Vance sucks. No one likes him and he will not be able to continue the grift when Donny dies. They have no one past him that can handle the base and the party. There is going to be a lot more pain when he is gone because of all the fighting. Better case unfortunately would be for midterms to happen then he dies then at least there's a chance the GOP won't have full control over the government

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean, Scientology is doing pretty well since the death of L Ron Hubbard.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    That's kinda what I mean - if Trump dies now, the HF still has plenty of time left before the midterms to do the most damage possible using Vance. I'm sure they have their marionette strings tied to enough Republican Congress critters to get their stuff done even without Trump's bullying & they can coach Vance on the rest. If Trump goes, I think I'd rather it be a LOT closer to the midterm election.

    ETA: Don't forget they're the party in power, and can change all sorts of things that will affect their chances in the election, too. Those things don't have to hold up legally, just cause legal delays that let them keep power.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    All true, but we are very near a point with USA where Vance doesn't need a cult following, he can rule as a dictator supported by oligarchs. He already has the military and intelligence services and the supreme court. The rest will follow, as resistance is weeded out by those powers.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That is the goal of Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation.

    The goal isn't so much who leads it, as long as it's the wealthy white Christian Nationalists.

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