The problem is he doesn’t need to. They’ve already got enough in place. He doesn’t need charisma anymore, he just needs the title. All the power is already held by the establishment and the billionaires like Peter Thiele aren’t going to care about the face as long as they still have the control.
The control is based on fear. Trump is the president of retribution like no other. A good number of leadership in the GOP only toes the line based on that fear. With him gone, I think it’s going to turn into an absolute leadership vacuum that no one can replicate. I’m getting the popcorn.
Yes. Even as Nico rightly points out that the powerful have been emplaced to continue toward their goals, once people are no longer locked to their slavish devotion upon that one man, they will be free to see and admit to how they’ve been hurt by his actions. And thus the powerful lose their hold.
I think about this a lot, and agree with you in part. However, even with the power in place, they’ll still need enough sheeple to go along to avoid all-out civil war. And I think between those who turn to apathy, and those who’ll finally be free to be pissed at what they’ve lost, there may be hope.
That’s a very good point, actually. I’m happy to listen to just about anything that might give me a little bit of hope these days.
Hope - not apathy, not blind optimism nor pessimism, not ‘faith in the systems’ - is our most formidable tool, and with it, we can push ourselves into sustained action for change. I recommend reading “Hope In The Dark” by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social.