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We tried telling you if you wait until this far along you won't be able to vote out the fascism. Maybe Trump doesn't get in, that doesn't stop the militias huntind down FEMA responders, or the ones who tried to kidnap a governor, or the one who successfully got into Pelosis house and assaulted her husband. That doesn't stop Paxton from getting away with everything and the kitchen sink in Texas including stopping federal agents from preventing Texases attempts to kill migrants or stop Florida from being Florida (enough said there). And that's without even talking about abortion access and threats against inter racial marrige.
None of that goes away if and when Trump does. The roots are set, no one with the power to act did anything soon enough and this fascism will linger for another decade in the best case scenario. History makes this historian look like someone who wouldn't call Hitler a fascist until aftet the night of long knives. In short, a chump.
While I generally agree with what you said, I'm not convinced Trumpism doesn't die or at least go back into its hole when he goes away.
Trumpism is really nothing more than a power grab by an authoritarian who uses white nationalism rhetoric to enthrall the baser segment of society and amass a voting base to maintain power long enough to undermine democracy.
Trump could die tomorrow, and there's a dozen wannabe authoritarians that would try to fill that void and run on Trumpism.
I'm not convinced there's any MAGAts out there than can inspire the base, get the MAGAts in Congress to coalesce behind them, and solidify the financial support of the Musks, Thiels, etc of the oligarchy.
The fascists won't go away when trump does. They were there long before trump. Plotting a Hitler style fascist overthrow of FDRin the 1930s even as Hitler stomped around Europe. Before trump was even born. And many of those implicated suffered no personal repercussions after being outed. The son and grandson of one going on to become modern Republican war starting presidents.