real question is whether this would sap the energy of and cripple both sides, or if it would accelerate decline into brezhnevian nightmare
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former is possible with trump albeit unlikely. latter is near certainty with clinton
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this is essentially the pro-trump pascal's wager
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there's more than mil policy, though. domestic policy would be run by the people he surrounds himself with and that's Not Good
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HHS, USDA, etc don't have the influence machine that DoD has
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isn't the lowest-energy solution the one where the deep state simply kills Trump? Pence can be co-opted
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having Presidents die is a pretty big deal: OTOH he likely won't be as adored by the population as to evoke hysteria
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have you seen his rallies, he's not adored by a majority but has intense, broad support
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trump death, esp if suspicious or violent, would be a major destabilizing event. bureaucrats like predictability
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yes. exactly this given that most of his most impassioned supporters are a little unhinged already.
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less "worried about" more "hopeful for". let's get this shit over with while we're still strong enough to survive it
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@michaelbd@TheWeek This is the whole point of a Trump presidency. The true masters will have to reveal themselves. - 1 more reply
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Germany in January of 1933 also thought they had a "Deep State"...?
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Likely true, but the distraction would be weakening elsewhere. Hope for snowballing illegitimacy.
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