(01-11-2021, 11:37 AM)David Horn Wrote:(01-10-2021, 12:15 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Will support of Donald Trump or of anyone who adopts his style become discreditable? We shall soon see. Things go fast toward the end of a Crisis Era
FWIW, there are still four houses in my neighborhood displaying Trump flags even now. In my immediate area, Trump signs and flags are still everywhere. Don't assume the fever has passed, because it hasn't.
I can easily imagine that President Trump will make sure that he is no longer here to be kicked around (whether he goes into exile or seclusion will not matter) once he is the ex-President that he thought that he would not be.
The core support of people who need someone like him to fully excite them will still be there. There could easily be another demagogue like Trump to excite the same people -- enough to get the GOP nomination. I too see occasional banners, but I see fewer.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.