Thanks for a positive and hopeful perspective. I hope you are right. For me, I see it from two perspectives.
On the plus side, the MAGA movement is intellectually flimsy and has no real ideology to hold it together long term beyond fealty to the dear leader; so it is quite possible it will devour itself as Trump’s mental and physical infi…
Thanks for a positive and hopeful perspective. I hope you are right. For me, I see it from two perspectives.
On the plus side, the MAGA movement is intellectually flimsy and has no real ideology to hold it together long term beyond fealty to the dear leader; so it is quite possible it will devour itself as Trump’s mental and physical infirmity becomes harder to hide. And there is clearly no succession plan due to the dear leaders narcissistic propensities to crush anyone who steals the spotlight for even a moment.
On the other hand, there is a case to be made that our institutions and standards have already reached the point that they can no longer stand up to an anti democratic, authoritarian movement. And given how Trump made a point of highlighting his most fascistic impulses, a majority (or at least a plurality) of voters approved this . Meanwhile the Supreme Court has codified authoritarian rule through its immunity ruling; and the Federal court system at every level will be dominated by MAGA for a generation at least. Thus, it is likely that the GOP has and will continue to be a fascist curious, anti democratic movement that will continue to spawn authoritarian leaders who will enjoy broad support in enough states to dominate much of our politics.
So the key question for us is how do we rebuild these democratic standards from the ground back up while MAGA dominates politics and the judiciary.
Thanks for a positive and hopeful perspective. I hope you are right. For me, I see it from two perspectives.
On the plus side, the MAGA movement is intellectually flimsy and has no real ideology to hold it together long term beyond fealty to the dear leader; so it is quite possible it will devour itself as Trump’s mental and physical infirmity becomes harder to hide. And there is clearly no succession plan due to the dear leaders narcissistic propensities to crush anyone who steals the spotlight for even a moment.
On the other hand, there is a case to be made that our institutions and standards have already reached the point that they can no longer stand up to an anti democratic, authoritarian movement. And given how Trump made a point of highlighting his most fascistic impulses, a majority (or at least a plurality) of voters approved this . Meanwhile the Supreme Court has codified authoritarian rule through its immunity ruling; and the Federal court system at every level will be dominated by MAGA for a generation at least. Thus, it is likely that the GOP has and will continue to be a fascist curious, anti democratic movement that will continue to spawn authoritarian leaders who will enjoy broad support in enough states to dominate much of our politics.
So the key question for us is how do we rebuild these democratic standards from the ground back up while MAGA dominates politics and the judiciary.