• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    your right, but also, you’re right.

    hear me out: napoleon couldn’t help it. but he certainly didn’t do it alone.

    the fucks waiting for him to escape, the fucks who furnished him with an army and weapons etc., - those are the fucks who should hang.

    enabling sedition should be right up there with sedition, especially when it’s for personal profit.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Yes, but sometimes there’s an iconic leader that a movement centers around, and while the machine they drive is made up of millions of others, that personality is key.

      It’s why Trump is so scary. Yeah, the GOP has been evil for decades. But the fascist shift of the past 9 years wasn’t something they expected. The GOP lost control of their own party with Trump, and now they’re as terrified of him as anyone, but unable to stop him. It’s become a personality cult that is no longer connected with political stances.

      Liz Cheney was a textbook examen of a far-right establishment Republican, and she was driven out of office and is now in legitimate danger of assassination by the Trump crowd despite holding the same political positions. All because she didn’t bend the knee to Trump himself.

      The GOP is also terrified at what comes after Trump. He’s nearly 80 and is the entirety of their platform now.