• Leviathan@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I think Trump retiring and the Republicans replacing him with a charismatic, young, intelligent christofascist would be devastating for the Democrats (and humanity) right now and I don’t know why they don’t do it.

    For that matter I don’t see why Democrats don’t replace Biden with a charismatic, young, intelligent social democrat which would be equally devastating for republicans. So who knows with these people.

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      10 months ago

      Charismatic, intelligent people don’t need fascism nearly as much as dumbfucks do but even for the few who get sucked in anyway, there’s easier and more self-serving ways to express it than a grueling, always-on position in the Republican party.

      But ultimately the answer to both “why don’t they run someone actually good” questions is “because it would be a threat to neoliberals and their record profits”.

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        10 months ago

        Neolibs can’t countenance that their darling politicians are actually right of Nixon, let alone admit it.

    • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      Maga is a cult of personality. The Republicans’ fear is they won’t turn out for anyone but Trump.

      As for the Democrats, the line they always give is that social democrats can’t win elections, but honestly, I think the party elite is afraid of what would happen if they did.