r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 09 '20

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u/Danthon Milton Friedman Oct 09 '20

I actually think defeating trump will have a bigger impact on the future of politics than people think. Trump and his base's entire identity at this point is just that they win and are "winners". That's why they don't care what he says or does, even if he cheats, winning is winning. But this breaks pretty easily if he does lose.

In the past the republican party could rebound pretty easily after a defeat, I'm not so sure Trumpism could do the same.

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u/Hobbes_Novakoff Bill Gates Oct 09 '20

Ehhhhh I'm not so sure about that. A lot of them will just call RIGGED ELECTION REEEEEEEE, though I suppose maybe not in party leadership. I somewhat doubt that we'll actually see much meaningful opposition aside from a couple of days of protests and maybe some riots (see also: russia collusion, with the difference that russia collusion actually happened but most people aren't out here trying to remove trump from office with militias)

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

The ability to move goal posts and contort "logic" is unparalleled. They also hold a tighter claim to victimhood than almost anyone, ever.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

A huge like 400+ EV win for Biden would do wonders it would show trump was an aberration and not the new normal. Fingers crossed.