I always find this sort of logic flawed. The problem isn’t Trump, Trump is merely a sublimation point. Sure, there is less of a probability that he becomes a martyr or iconic if he becomes old and incompetent enough for a demand for successor to replace him, but that’s because his replacement is going to have to establish an identity as an alternative that isn’t just going to be waving a photo or statue of Trump and making the dead dance to their tune.
What I’m getting at is that the people who would be using him as a martyr if he was killed would simply have united under another banner, banners that they have no problem coming up with within their cult.
The problem isn’t him becoming a martyr, the problem are the calls to violence and the propaganda that were already present within their personality cult, and January 6th showed it was not necessary to have a crazy gunman trying to assassinate your candidate to mobilize it. His base may get further radicalized as a result of this attempt on his life, but that’s because there’s already a web of lies and opportunism within it that makes it possible.
Yes, you’ve outlined the dumpster fire quite nicely. I’m saying don’t throw a can of gas into it. The only way this movement dies, is for it to fail. You can’t shoot it dead. Not without a civil war. And even then, we see the Confederate flags waving to this day.
I always find this sort of logic flawed. The problem isn’t Trump, Trump is merely a sublimation point. Sure, there is less of a probability that he becomes a martyr or iconic if he becomes old and incompetent enough for a demand for successor to replace him, but that’s because his replacement is going to have to establish an identity as an alternative that isn’t just going to be waving a photo or statue of Trump and making the dead dance to their tune.
What I’m getting at is that the people who would be using him as a martyr if he was killed would simply have united under another banner, banners that they have no problem coming up with within their cult.
The problem isn’t him becoming a martyr, the problem are the calls to violence and the propaganda that were already present within their personality cult, and January 6th showed it was not necessary to have a crazy gunman trying to assassinate your candidate to mobilize it. His base may get further radicalized as a result of this attempt on his life, but that’s because there’s already a web of lies and opportunism within it that makes it possible.
Yes, you’ve outlined the dumpster fire quite nicely. I’m saying don’t throw a can of gas into it. The only way this movement dies, is for it to fail. You can’t shoot it dead. Not without a civil war. And even then, we see the Confederate flags waving to this day.