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Well, we gonna have 4 years of amazing memes.
by major505 2y ago
Well, we gonna have 4 years of amazing memes.
- iLoveOncall 2y ago[flagged]
- dataengineer56 2y agoHe's quite old and no other Republican figure comes close to his popularity or cult-like following (assuming Americans aren't crazy enough to actually support RFK Jr). I'd imagine he'll do one term and then the next Republican candidate will be a more conventional politician.
- major505 2y agoI think he chose Vance for a reason. I think he wnats him to be his sucessor. I dont know much about Vance, but I saw his interview in the Joe Rogan, and he went very well there. Seens to have a good head above the shoulds and can be this more conventional politician you are talking about
- iainmerrick 2y agoYou don’t imagine the next candidate will be an anointed successor, or at least somebody doubling down on the same approach? Why wouldn’t it be?
- major505 2y agoI dont know, 4 years are hard to predict. I can see the current crisis in the world deepening and people search for a more traditional politician for that reason, like somoone more predictable in times of uncertain? Not that I think the next 4 years of Trump will be bad for the avarage american. I think I will be troubled for the whole world because things are already walking in this direction.
- dataengineer56 2y agoI don't think anyone else currently in the party has anywhere close to his charisma or pull, and you can't artifically generate that.
- Cthulhu_ 2y ago[flagged]
- theshrike79 2y agoVance is even more dangerous since he won't go off script, he'll stay ON SCRIPT to the point of absurdity (just see any of his interviews). Donald is harder to control, he doesn't like homework and will ad-lib and improvise at all times.
- jeffhuys 2y agoYeah, sure. This is no better than all the "left is deep state" bs. This is what caused the loss.
- major505 2y agoYeah, the conspiracy theories about this assassination atempt alone, gave a lot of votes to Trump.
- major505 2y agoand people say americans that followed Q where paranoids...
- pavlov 2y agoThe scariest thing is the Peter Thiel connection. Thiel paid for Vance’s successful Senate campaign. Now his made man is next in line for the presidency (behind an overweight 78-year-old with memory issues). An amazing ROI for his money. Both Thiel and Vance have expressed their admiration for Curtis Yarvin, an extreme reactionary who advocates for a monarchy. Thiel has publicly said that democracy was a mistake and it all went wrong when women got the vote. Musk’s Tesla job title is “Techno-King” which is also a Yarvin reference. These people have a plan, and old Donald is a tool for them.
- major505 2y agoDemos rulled 4 years with total support o the sillicon valley and you did not get nervous? Facebook and google have way more reach than Thiel and gave full access to govermnet to their tech and data.
- bilvar 2y agoAnd another 4 years of mass hysteria begins with this post
- major505 2y agoyeah man, us is not Brazil. This shit dont fly there. You americans are to worried when your institutions are way more solid than the resto of other democracies around the world. If he wanted to performe a coup, he had 4 years for that already, Just stop being stuborn, start thinking about solving us real problems, and not demonizing the other party, and maybe the democrats will have a chance in the next election.
- realusername 2y ago> If he wanted to performe a coup, he had 4 years for that already He already tried to perform a coup and failed, I don't see why he wouldn't try again
- major505 2y agomandm that capitol thing is a weekend where I live. That was a case of mass histeria. Just a bunch of morons who went too hard on the joke.
- realusername 2y agoThey didn't look to come for fun during that coup, they looked pretty serious.
- major505 2y ago> They didn't look to come for fun during that coup, they looked pretty serious. They wherent even armed... what a shit coup.
- realusername 2y ago"They were not really clever" isn't a good moral defense against a coup isn't it, even if it's true.
- miningape 2y agoHe literally didn't, it was a minority of his supporters who he specifically told to be peaceful and respectful. I'm so sick of seeing this lie shat out by everyone who's been manipulated by dem propaganda. I don't support Trump. I can't vote in any country. I have no horses in this race, but seeing the lies and propaganda (from both sides) actually working is insane - the propaganda isn't even that good guys.
- fullstackchris 2y agoI think its a crazy assumption to assume that over 200 years of political precident (4 year presidential terms) will be overturned by someone who got less votes than biden. Every 4 years the same stuff happens, and yet every 4 years there is a so called "paradigm shift" or "rubicon crossed", when actually, nothing has really changed. It's getting really cringe and predictable.
- major505 2y agoUS is the old democracy in the world. I live in brazil and there a bunch of reporters histeric people here assuming US will be a dictatorshio soon. Bitch, we where a dictatorship like 35 years ago, Time to worry about our own problems here.
- kragen 2y agoSwitzerland is, by some definitions, an older democracy than the US, if we neglect the short period of time when Napoleon conquered it (as we would similarly neglect the US Civil War). The Haudenosaunee have also been, in important senses, democratically governed for centuries longer than the US has existed, though possibly not as long as Switzerland. And presumably many small tribal peoples have remained democratic for millennia, though it's hard to tell in the absence of written records. It does seem very likely that the Republican Party will govern the US for decades to come, like Perón's party has governed Argentina in between the military dictatorships, or Chávez's party governs Venezuela.
- fullstackchris 2y ago> It does seem very likely that the Republican Party will govern the US for decades to come Either you're a troll, governed by recency bias (i.e. today), or not very competent in US politics. If the Democrats could get their act together even just slightly, they should have won 2016 and this election as well. How? It's simple demographics: More and more people move to cities -> cities are typically blue -> easy for dems to get elected. There should be absolutely no reason democrats lose so often and yet due to their incompetent antics they lose far more than they should.
- seanp2k2 2y agoThis. Do people honestly think that Mike Johnson, who was planning to attempt to not certify the election and have the House try to overturn the result if Harris won, will really cede control EVER? Who’s going to force them now that they’ve captured the judiciary, Congress, and the White House? He’ll pardon himself on day one and never face his classified documents / espionage / treason charges, and die in office, however long they can prop him up for. I’m not even joking when I say that I doubt we’ll have federal elections in the future, as he’s said as much already.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoThe template these autocratic personalities follow is not to abolish elections, but to make them pointless exercises full of blatant corruption, coercion (violent or otherwise), and manipulation. It's counterproductive to make claims like what you're claiming, because their supporters and people on the fence will turn around and point out how you're wrong in 4 years, or whatever. There's still elections in Russia, Turkey, etc. And those leaders are very popular. But they're not democracies. Opposition is not really permitted. Where legal repression isn't in place, mob violence and the like is employed. That's the template you can expect to see followed.
- jajko 2y agoI wonder how mr musk will handle and use his (unfortunately correct) bet.
- soco 2y agoIf you invest millions and your entire time it's not a "bet" it's a business plan.
- agent86 2y agoThe more interesting thing to consider is that Trump has said Elon will have an active role in his administration. How is he going to do that on top of everything else? How are Tesla investors going to feel about this?
- major505 2y agoI think for most of his business he already have other peiple he trust in charge of them. Its impossible to manage so many companies and he seens to spend more effort in Space X than Tesla, starking, etc...
- badpun 2y agoThe CEO of a company being one of most powerful people in government is excellent for Tesla investors. Much less so for the general population, as the conflict of interests is obvious.
- corpMaverick 2y agoPerhaps, but a lot of potencial customers will be pissed at him.
- jajko 2y agoEspecially outside US - if next government will ignore world or start doing some serious harm (ie by being too friendly with putin), tesla drivers will be frowned upon universally and very few new sales can be expected, more like a lot of vandalism on cars. I guess China is a gone market for tesla at this point.
- pyrale 2y agoFor some people, the consequences won't be as benign.
- major505 2y agoyeah, they will now scream for 4 years and have sore throats.
- catlifeonmars 2y agoAnd others will die in wars they want no part of. So… yeah.
- bigodbiel 2y agoFor the world the consequences will be horrible
- timomaxgalvin 2y agoWhat examples do we have where US interventionism has been positive?
- int_19h 2y agoSouth Korea. Ukraine is arguably in this category as well already.
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