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16. Very true. Where there's money to be made ruining the US

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 06:49 PM

8 hrs ago

There they'll be.

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"No political movement will collapse faster than Republicanism the moment Trump is out of the picture." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 10 hrs ago OP

More like MAGA-ism. GOPers will still be there n/t leftstreet 10 hrs ago #1

Very true. Where there's money to be made ruining the US mdbl 8 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 8 hrs ago #21

No. There is too much money and power to be had for it to be tied to one person. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #2

That's interesting..... BigmanPigman 10 hrs ago #3

I was sure it would collapse when TSF leaves bronxiteforever 8 hrs ago #17

Collapse may be too strong a word, but I have no doubt the MAGA "movement" will be significantly weakened. Wiz Imp 8 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 8 hrs ago #24

Yeah, like the collapse of the Reagan Revolution... Hugin 6 hrs ago #40

JD is owned outright by technocrat billionaire Theil. Tech-Bro Musk dismantled the government... Hekate 8 hrs ago #27

Timothy Snyder refers to "power ministries." And if shady vance knows he controls them, nothing will collapse, ancianita 7 hrs ago #32

There's still the underlying problem of the propaganda that led to this that need to be dealt with. Initech 10 hrs ago #4

Yep - that is a big problem - also people who don't pay attention to any political stuff. kerry-is-my-prez 10 hrs ago #6

Your math is off Fiendish Thingy 9 hrs ago #9

There are Greg_In_SF 9 hrs ago #13

Your numbers add up to over 400 million Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #14

As long as the clueless get markodochartaigh 7 hrs ago #34

There is no one who has the evil charisma of Trump out there. kerry-is-my-prez 10 hrs ago #5

Looks at watch Marthe48 10 hrs ago #7

It will be glorious Fiendish Thingy 9 hrs ago #8

We have some chance of the road to restoration bc no one has the "follow power" of drumphf electric_blue68 9 hrs ago #10

Wishful thinking IbogaProject 9 hrs ago #11

There was MAGA before Trump Bluestocking 9 hrs ago #12

maga before trump was leaderless but was manipulated (tea party). tRump captured them Bernardo de La Paz 7 hrs ago #36

I thought that after W n/t hibbing 8 hrs ago #15

If the maga sheep find a shit-for-brains like Trump charismatic Mysterian 8 hrs ago #18

Magatology will endure WhatTheFlux 8 hrs ago #20

When Timothy Snyder talks, people should listen. I know I do. Hekate 8 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 8 hrs ago #23

It depends on how long Trump is in power nuxvomica 8 hrs ago #25

Well for whatever it's worth Hegseth is undermining *rump's Nobel Peace Prize chances and Uncle Joe 8 hrs ago #26

Okay sure. But I love sound of " Trump out of the picture" FailureToCommunicate 8 hrs ago #28

I won;t even guess. It could be as staid yet vicious as Moscow in '53 Torchlight 7 hrs ago #29

Have you seen markodochartaigh 7 hrs ago #35

Can't wait until he fucking dies. Orrex 7 hrs ago #30

Dr. Feelgood prescription for doing nothing? gulliver 7 hrs ago #31

When he's gone, the left will no longer trust government, and MAGA never did. bucolic_frolic 7 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 7 hrs ago #37

Disagree... it's the Party of grievance and hate. WarGamer 7 hrs ago #38

There's a world of difference between mega and republicanism, I think. Maru Kitteh 6 hrs ago #39