There’s a good documentary called “the brainwashing of my father” or something like that. It’s very good.

You tapped into things I’ve thought about a lot. Being a salesman, being interested in cults and history (shout out to behind the bastards)

We a rationalizing machines not thinking machines. We have a hunch instantaneously and tend to fight to protect that hunch even when proven wrong. It’s a real problem.

My father went from making videos about the homeless needing help to “a million immigrants a day cross the boarder!!!”

It was tragic to see him fall. He died a a couple years ago. I rember him as the good man he used to be.

If I’m wrong crows probally going to be all us peasants can eat. If I’m right I’ll hug you not expect you to eat crow.

I hope I’m not just being optimistic but I do believe I am right.

Anyone can be sucked into a cult.

Racism is a sign low intelligence.

Intelligent people can be tricked and walked down a road into crazy.

I’ve tried to save so of my friends from q- anon. “You want adrenichrome? I can buy it for you online right now, ship it to your door! No one is harvesting children for it, it’s widely available and doesn’t make you immortal!!!”

I’ve seen smart people devolve. That’s the real shame. Stupid people do stupid things. Trump made a lot of smart people stupid as well. Which isn’t good for anyone.

It’s not that easy.

First trump isn’t going to support anyone who comes after, he’s too selfish.

So the party will be picking alone without his support.

The thing is big money might run things if they could “just pick someone” they would’ve done this decades ago.

Again I refuse to compliment trump. He was a mediocre salesman and he “scratched an itch” enough people had. You can’t just throw a dart and replace him with who it hits.

People won’t buy that product.

I’ve been a salesmen in some fashion my entire life.

Trump is a salesman, not the best, not the smartest… but that has always been his game. He’s selling the idea of himself and he sold it to nearly half the population of the country.

The idea… of who he is… trump…

No one can walk in and take a shred of that power. Not even his kids with the trump name.

He sold the idea of himself and that’s what people bought. They aren’t going to say “and now jd Vance!”

I have no doubt maga will rally behind another but I don’t think anyone can predict who. And it will just be what’s left of the die hard cultist not the Republican Party itself.

The power dissolves when trump goes away.

They support him. That’s the product they bought.

If you’re worried about what your friends think of you, then you are probably just fine.

Trump is sad and alone but he’s pretty sure it’s everyone else’s fault. Same with the above commenters friend .

If you took a second to consider you might be doing something wrong you are probably an alright person to hang around.

Probably because none of his family likes him and he doesn’t really like them. And now he’s dying.

Is he going to have maga at his bedside? He’s going to die alone and the moment he’s dead everyone is going to turn on him.