no it's just racism the whole way down and mocking him for his lack of racism personally.

It would’ve been a lot stronger had they seen a way to get rid of the guy. They still don’t like him for the most part.

They would still have had to figure out how to deal with the RW gremlin problem but it would’ve been possible to make a break with those sorts.

This is pretty unambiguously true. The GOP wasn’t a totally dead organ outside of him yet

The cult wouldn’t have been solidified yet, everyone was still on the record of speaking out against him, and they weren’t getting primaried yet. He talks about replacing Yellen early with a lackey and does insane tariffs + the extrajudicial stuff, they’d be out for blood.

That man would not have made it through half of a term if he had behaved like this back then.

Looking back on it now it would’ve been better for Trump 2016 to not have any handlers because he would be very close to impeachment right now were this 2017

I knew it would go over well here

Without guiding institutions, some people will decay into the mess we're dealing with now. You need strong institutions to keep them under control.

I thought Nick Adams was a troll. He's serious?

it was always clear this was going to happen

I think the challenge here is that while it might just be vibes, vibes are the primary way people make these decisions and that’s not something that can be changed.

Historically, we had organizations like the media and political movements that had some kind of structure to help refine base desires into something productive. What we do now that those no longer work is unclear to me.

somehow gen xer politics is worse than boomer politics