I'm a cult survivor who has studied the phenomenon carefully over the years since my experience. Jack is right. MAGA is built entirely upon lies and illusions sold by one man, and his followers don't want anyone else. Trump alone is the animating force of MAGA. When he's gone, it all unravels.
I wrote this earlier today, in reference to Trump's sycophants: Can anyone imagine this level of leader-worship being suddenly transferred to Vance? No. You can't. The whole dynamic of the infallible, invincible, all-knowing god-man will vanish. MAGA will be headless.
And if idiots like Thiel and Vought could have done the coup any other way, they would’ve done it on their own.