He said he would have done it. This isn’t perspective. This isn’t in some cases of the future. He’s saying right now that he will not accept elections in the US. He will seek to overrule any result he doesn’t like. That’s a huge difference from 2012 or even 2016.
its weird because i think that like, you had this period where you had the 90s take over group who like, had some beliefs, but also largely did the crazy as kayfab -- they're all gone now; then you have tea party nutters who are true believers and the slimey theil-elons who devoid of morals or value
As a Canadian with great respect and love for Americans I remain baffled. I can see no other explanation for the solid Trump/ Vance support than the fact that a good number of Americans want authoritarian rule. Am I wrong?
A lot of it's garbage people and fascists, but I'll admit some of it is people who just vote for anyone who has a "R" next to their name and some of it is people who aren't bad but their understanding of politics is basically "Inflation bad, Trump businessman, businessman know how stop inflation."
yeah you only need a few extremely committed fascists and a whole lot of bored, disinterested people who don't like who the fascists are against for their own diverse reasons
It's not so much that they want an authoritarian as that they want people they hate or dislike to "shut up and stay in your place". But the authoritarian is a nice means to that end.
They're scared. They see too many changes and they want to pump the brakes. They're wrong and it's harmful, but most of them don't think they'd be voting in an actual dictatorship.
All of the young up and comers are just loud members of the right-wing-extremist audience who can't believe people keep giving them more money and power.
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Maybe that wasn't true at one point
if it made him closer to the thrown
I think he would prefer “Dangerous” because it’s manly and tough and that might be what TrumpCo is aiming for.
But dangerous or not, it’s a weird, broken way to look at leadership and the American project.
He thinks he’s the MAGA king in waiting - but in reality he’s just Ron DeSantis without heel lifts.
"Vance, VP, one heartbeat from autocracy..."
https://youtu.be/vYILYILPrXs?feature=shared