• rayne [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    If anything it will prompt his narcissistic bubble to burst into full on megalomania. And his base will eat it up as he campaigns on being the messiah.

    And this is already the narrative they’re pushing. Wind twisted a flag at the rally when he was shot and people are saying it was an angel saving Trump.

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      That’s just normal American religious psychosis though. He could have shat his pants in the debate and the hogs would claim the shart formed an angel in there

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        Sure, but now Trump might actually believe it himself. Which is what I mean by the narcissistic bubble bursting into full-on Messiah complex / megalomania.

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            Fair. I guess I’m expecting things to escalate quickly now as he’s emboldened by all of this. And for his base to try to start their jihad before January.

            Which may end up for the best.

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              I hear you fam.

              So let me try and inject a bit of bloomer into things.

              I feel like the shock of this failed assassination attempt has kinds broken our brains like it did everyone else. The electoral situation has been drastically changed but electoralism ain’t shit.

              Trump is the same fucking dumbass as he was last week. If his head (somehow) got bigger, then that means it will be that much more difficult for the competent fascists in his cabinet to steer him towards anything productive. And it will be that much easier for absolute loonies and stone cold grifters to gain his trust.

              Shit’s bad, for sure. But running things on pure Id is just never going to be very effective or efficient. I expect the efforts of evil to redouble but the output to drop. Or at least be susceptible to principled and organised resistance. We just gotta build that, starting yesterday

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                I appreciate that. I have been seriously struggling since this happened. I haven’t started transitioning yet and the boy mode/gender dysphoria/wanting to hide has been rough the last couple of days.

                Some stuff with one of my aunts hasn’t been helping either.

                My plan is to get more involved with local organizing, insulate myself as much as I can from national politics. It was my plan ever since the debate. But has felt even more pressing since Saturday.