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mahatmakanejeeves

(66,964 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:36 PM 14 hrs ago

"No political movement will collapse faster than Republicanism the moment Trump is out of the picture." [View all]

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Stan Oklobdzija
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No political movement will collapse faster than Republicanism the moment Trump is out of the picture. All of his heirs can't wait to knife each other and none of them individually has even 10% of the juice that Trump has with the median chud voter.

‪Timothy Snyder‬
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Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.
October 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM

No political movement will collapse faster than Republicanism the moment Trump is out of the picture. All of his heirs can't wait to knife each other and none of them individually has even 10% of the juice that Trump has with the median chud voter.
— Stan Oklobdzija (@stano.bsky.social) 2025-10-06T20:17:27.564Z

Timothy Snyder
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Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.
October 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.
— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) 2025-10-06T20:11:17.265Z

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"No political movement will collapse faster than Republicanism the moment Trump is out of the picture." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago OP

More like MAGA-ism. GOPers will still be there n/t leftstreet 14 hrs ago #1

Very true. Where there's money to be made ruining the US mdbl 12 hrs ago #16

Billionaire backers will ALWAYS be there. There is no other party for them. They built this one & they own it. nt eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #21

No. There is too much money and power to be had for it to be tied to one person. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #2

That's interesting..... BigmanPigman 14 hrs ago #3

I was sure it would collapse when TSF leaves bronxiteforever 12 hrs ago #17

Collapse may be too strong a word, but I have no doubt the MAGA "movement" will be significantly weakened. Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #19

Vance will certainly try. But if you've seen him buying donuts, you know how well that's going to work. eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #24

Yeah, like the collapse of the Reagan Revolution... Hugin 10 hrs ago #40

JD is owned outright by technocrat billionaire Theil. Tech-Bro Musk dismantled the government... Hekate 11 hrs ago #27

Timothy Snyder refers to "power ministries." And if shady vance knows he controls them, nothing will collapse, ancianita 11 hrs ago #32

There's still the underlying problem of the propaganda that led to this that need to be dealt with. Initech 14 hrs ago #4

Yep - that is a big problem - also people who don't pay attention to any political stuff. kerry-is-my-prez 14 hrs ago #6

Your math is off Fiendish Thingy 13 hrs ago #9

There are Greg_In_SF 13 hrs ago #13

Your numbers add up to over 400 million Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #14

As long as the clueless get markodochartaigh 11 hrs ago #34

There is no one who has the evil charisma of Trump out there. kerry-is-my-prez 14 hrs ago #5

Looks at watch Marthe48 14 hrs ago #7

It will be glorious Fiendish Thingy 13 hrs ago #8

We have some chance of the road to restoration bc no one has the "follow power" of drumphf electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #10

Wishful thinking IbogaProject 13 hrs ago #11

There was MAGA before Trump Bluestocking 13 hrs ago #12

maga before trump was leaderless but was manipulated (tea party). tRump captured them Bernardo de La Paz 11 hrs ago #36

I thought that after W n/t hibbing 12 hrs ago #15

If the maga sheep find a shit-for-brains like Trump charismatic Mysterian 12 hrs ago #18

Magatology will endure WhatTheFlux 12 hrs ago #20

When Timothy Snyder talks, people should listen. I know I do. Hekate 12 hrs ago #22

So all that prep work J.D.'s been doing for Peter T. , Opus Dei, and the Heritage Cabal is for nothing? Ford_Prefect 12 hrs ago #23

It depends on how long Trump is in power nuxvomica 12 hrs ago #25

Well for whatever it's worth Hegseth is undermining *rump's Nobel Peace Prize chances and Uncle Joe 11 hrs ago #26

Okay sure. But I love sound of " Trump out of the picture" FailureToCommunicate 11 hrs ago #28

I won;t even guess. It could be as staid yet vicious as Moscow in '53 Torchlight 11 hrs ago #29

Have you seen markodochartaigh 11 hrs ago #35

Can't wait until he fucking dies. Orrex 11 hrs ago #30

Dr. Feelgood prescription for doing nothing? gulliver 11 hrs ago #31

When he's gone, the left will no longer trust government, and MAGA never did. bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #33

I agree that when TSF dies, it will be a huge blow to RETHUGS. I gotta wonder WHO will be their next leader? bluestarone 11 hrs ago #37

Disagree... it's the Party of grievance and hate. WarGamer 11 hrs ago #38

There's a world of difference between mega and republicanism, I think. Maru Kitteh 10 hrs ago #39