• ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    That last part is the terrifying bit, honestly. Trump is an egomaniac with the attention span of a toddler. He’s an unguided projectile of spite and vanity.

    Imagine someone competent filling his shoes with the unprecedented powers that were recently granted by the supreme court and the rabid MAGA fanbase behind them.

    The potential for lasting damage goes (even further) off the scale. I shudder to think what that might actually look like.

    Honestly, in the event Biden loses, the best hope the US has is Trump’s general incompetence.

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      This is the same line of reasoning that created the “Allies actually didn’t try very hard to assassinate Hitler, because they realized he was a really bad tactician” conspiracy theories. Basically, the reasoning is that while Hitler was charismatic and had a massive cult following, he wasn’t actually that good at making tactical decisions in war. So the allied powers didn’t really try very hard to assassinate him, because they feared an actual competent ruler who would potentially take his place.

      Basically, “never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake.”