1. Building on this @joshtpm twitter essay, I want to think about Trumpism after Trump:https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/753048410618470400 …
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5. Looking back, the Mexican rapists stuff was only a small part of Trump's first speech. But it made a splash, so Trump kept at it.
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6. But imagine a slightly more disciplined Trump, one that worked not by instinct but had a plan: FutureTrump.
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I think you have an inflated idea of American Democracy as an institution. Trump+competence is pretty much generic candidate.
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I agree with Phred. We've had disciplined demagogues. Still do in Congress. Trump could be inoculation for the future
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Thing is- naked bigotry of Hitlerian proportions isn't just evil- it's stupid. Smart, lasting politicians don't do that.
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Even Hitler wasn't nakedly evil. He just kept moving the standards of reasonableness until, why not exterminate Jews?
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@HeerJeet I think the model is something more like a Robert Byrd- take extremist positions, recant when expedient, refine and play again. -
Byrd did that? got a few examples?
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