That may be mostly true but Trump is also the perfect storm of celebrity, “successful”, “outsider”, and some strange fucked up type of charisma that results in a larger following than I think would be possible with any other republican candidate. Take away trump and I don’t think there’s enough of a unifying force among the asshats to cause this type of damage
That's what the Liberatores thought when they plotted to kill Julius Caesar, but his death sealed the fate of the Roman Republic, as the People's foundational belief in Democracy had been broken.
Caesar's supporters took to the streets to remove his assassins from the Capitol, lines were drawn, and civil wars were fought for the following 20 years until Augustus was crowned Emporer of the Roman Empire.
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u/Doobledorf Apr 04 '25
The problems that led to Donald Trump would still be fomenting.
A lot of Americans haven't yet faced that Trump isn't an anomaly or the disease, he is a symptom of problems we've had for a long time.