@mrbojangles25 said:
I somewhat agree with that take if only for me to cope and move along with my life. My only hesitation with throwing up my hands is that it takes A LONG time and A LOT of effort to undo a law. Trump can do a lot of damage in four years that could arguably take decades to undo. We are still paying for the mistakes Reagan made to mental health, education, and how we treat drug offenders (to name a few things).
I'm curious, what makes you grant Trump four years? We're not speaking of someone that abides, respects and operates in normative political frameworks and within the guardrails of a democratic system, we're talking about a man who has demonstrated utter contempt and disrespect for that system, and has proven it in his actions in trying to corrupt and dismantle it in his own ambitions to power.
He was thankfully defeated, but now he's poised and looking to potentially regain that power, with a party fully behind him, motivated by an overpowering sense of his unfair persecution. No longer will we be able to count on anyone he appoints in his administration as being ignorant or naïve as to how corrupt he is, he's shown his true colors, and any cabinet he forms will be filled with members operating in the understanding of who he is and what he expects. He further has 85+ indictments, felony charges, hanging over his head and is driven by a massive sense of grievance and vengeance, all of which will be the core driving impetuses behind his manner of "governance", to not only enact his vengeance through political power, but also with every reason never to concede it. He'll have four years, through appointments, to strip any semblance of integrity out of our institutions, with a cabinet, political party, and tens upon tens of millions of Americans cheering it along, blinded by toxic partisanship in their belief he's been so unfairly treated and that it's only just deserts. Christ, he'll have license to do ANYTHING. How in God's name are people wagering or worrying about policy considerations in light of this, or saying, as you are, that, "Well, yeah, he can do a lot of damage over four years", which is a statement that grants to him something that his past actions demonstrate he doesn't deserve? Him doing damage through policy within the constraints of our system will be the least of our worries, the real damage is going to be targeted at destroying and dismantling that very system, or severely compromising it to his advantage.
I've always held disagreements with candidates before, but a potential Trump presidency (at least in these circumstances) is the first time I've actually been genuinely frightened about the outcome of an election and for my country. He is going to be entirely unhinged should he be re-elected, with a party and administration given total license to try to justify anything he desires, borne and constantly excused from a underlying sense of persecution and partisan hatred he's managed to foment and nurture over years.
So when I say I'm throwing up my hands, I'm not talking about damages done in the normative that you suggest will take years to rectify.....I'm talking about our country being destroyed from within by a corrupt, vengeful demagogue who regained power and who has convinced his party and so many people that he has been so unfairly treated, which will enable him to leverage that potency in pursuit of his corruption and ambitions for power to thunderous applause at every turn.
The wisdom of Padme endures!
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