Your last sentence: Depends on how strong his hold is on the bureaucracy of the party/government. Most cults fall apart pretty quickly, but if they get a hold of the levers - Communists after Stalin, China after Mao - that's a different ball game.
Your last sentence: Depends on how strong his hold is on the bureaucracy of the party/government. Most cults fall apart pretty quickly, but if they get a hold of the levers - Communists after Stalin, China after Mao - that's a different ball game.
I think itтАЩs gonna outlast him, but thereтАЩs not going to be a single figure like him that draws more broadly due to his entertainer persona. Vivek is too whacky. DeSantis is awkward (his wife might though?). Haley is conventional by most counts, minus her deliberate brain fart on the civil war. Johnson is a weirdo religious guy, same as Pence. Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz are reviled minus their district. Same goes for Boebert / MTG. Trump is a genuine anomaly similar to how Obama was/is for Democrats and liberal leaning voters.
My chief worry is if someone catches a fraction of TrumpтАЩs lightning in a bottle or if Trump wins. WeтАЩre well and truly fucked if thatтАЩs the case. See: Hungary. IтАЩd normally include Poland in that assessment, but PiS pissed off everyone and unified a very diverse coalitionтАжso maybe thereтАЩs a way out.
Your last sentence: Depends on how strong his hold is on the bureaucracy of the party/government. Most cults fall apart pretty quickly, but if they get a hold of the levers - Communists after Stalin, China after Mao - that's a different ball game.
I think itтАЩs gonna outlast him, but thereтАЩs not going to be a single figure like him that draws more broadly due to his entertainer persona. Vivek is too whacky. DeSantis is awkward (his wife might though?). Haley is conventional by most counts, minus her deliberate brain fart on the civil war. Johnson is a weirdo religious guy, same as Pence. Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz are reviled minus their district. Same goes for Boebert / MTG. Trump is a genuine anomaly similar to how Obama was/is for Democrats and liberal leaning voters.
My chief worry is if someone catches a fraction of TrumpтАЩs lightning in a bottle or if Trump wins. WeтАЩre well and truly fucked if thatтАЩs the case. See: Hungary. IтАЩd normally include Poland in that assessment, but PiS pissed off everyone and unified a very diverse coalitionтАжso maybe thereтАЩs a way out.