No, he is the movement. If he disappeared, people wouldn’t have to pretend to like him and would form different coalitions. Don’t underestimate the impact of a charismatic leader.
If Hitler died after taking France, the war would’ve gone very differently. Maybe they skip the Balkan campaign and go straight to the USSR, or maybe they keep the peace with the USSR and the US doesn’t have an eastern ally. Maybe the US attacks Japan first before dealing with Germany because the new German leader establishes some form of diplomacy with Roosevelt, meaning N. Korea doesn’t get Soviet support.
Leaders are important, especially populists.
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
Possibly the only thing I can maybe hope for is that the next person to take the throne cannot command the same MAGA charisma (whatever the fuck that is) to unite MAGAts the same way and it furthers in-party fractioning and infighting.
That or so many people with their snowflake egos will want to use it as an opportunity to move up that they’ll destroy each other.
AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I hate calling whatever the fuck trump has “charisma.” If I knew nothing about him and met him at a bar I would still want to punch him in his smug face. He’s an asshole and so clearly an absolute idiot… And yet Maga eats it all up.
So I agree, so much damage has been done, but I don’t see Vance or anyone else commanding the same unwavering authority. I hope we’re not wrong.
Zier@fedia.io 15 hours ago
MAGA does not like Vance they way they worship President Felon. MAGA will crash and too many people will in-fight to be the head scum bag. It will all blow up.
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
Yeah I hesitated to use that word, lol. But if it were JDV to take up the scepter, I think at least some significant chunk of people would falter and lose step.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 12 hours ago
“You’ve got that Trump riz”
Take that back, or I’ll break your fingers!
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 11 hours ago
It’s not like you said “jizz”…
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 7 hours ago
They’re probably too old for the Trump jizz.
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 17 hours ago
Just gotta hope someone with as the same charisma as bloomberg in the democratic’s primary could take the reigns!
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 11 hours ago
Progressives like myself don’t like him because he’s mostly just another corporate Democrat, but I have to admit that I can see Newsome taking up that mantle and being somewhat effective with the less extreme of the MAGAt base.