I so wish this was an answer to our problems. This is not a Trump problem. This is a power problem. The nation isn’t sliding red because of some great ideological awakening—it’s shifting because authoritarianism, once rooted, spreads like wildfire in a dry forest. It doesn’t need mass approval. It only requires inertia, exhaustion, the s…
I so wish this was an answer to our problems. This is not a Trump problem. This is a power problem. The nation isn’t sliding red because of some great ideological awakening—it’s shifting because authoritarianism, once rooted, spreads like wildfire in a dry forest. It doesn’t need mass approval. It only requires inertia, exhaustion, the steady erosion of dissent. If this was a Trump problem, I would almost say it wasn’t a problem. Let’s assume Trump steps down in 2029 (As of today I say there is a 45% chance he does https://substack.com/home/post/p-156017348) All of the same problems, exposures, and failures of the guardrails still remain. I think actually Trump in many ways is the best-case scenario because he is so obviously intellectually incapable. Almost any future person to take the throne will be more competent, capable, and therefore much, much more dangerous.
I so wish this was an answer to our problems. This is not a Trump problem. This is a power problem. The nation isn’t sliding red because of some great ideological awakening—it’s shifting because authoritarianism, once rooted, spreads like wildfire in a dry forest. It doesn’t need mass approval. It only requires inertia, exhaustion, the steady erosion of dissent. If this was a Trump problem, I would almost say it wasn’t a problem. Let’s assume Trump steps down in 2029 (As of today I say there is a 45% chance he does https://substack.com/home/post/p-156017348) All of the same problems, exposures, and failures of the guardrails still remain. I think actually Trump in many ways is the best-case scenario because he is so obviously intellectually incapable. Almost any future person to take the throne will be more competent, capable, and therefore much, much more dangerous.