I disagree. We have Tr*mp because his team is able to successfully motivate angry, hateful, and scared people. There are a lot of these people, they are not smart, and they are mad. MAGA directs that anger. They simply figured out how to enthrall bad people.

Ok, I have a lot more faith in democratic processes.

I fundamentally disagree with how the USA is run. I believe it needs to be dismantled and increase the democratic processes. I guess I would wish my state to secede, considering the current failure mode of the federal state, if I were American.

This collapse has happened to every empire in history by the way.

Or I would probably move to Mexico or Canada or something.

Yeah. It's tough for people as most don't even have the means to afford health care or a house. They can't simply relocate. Most Americans now live in fear of abuse. It's a shame.

All the Democrats needed to do was get 5% in the middle, not the core MAGA voters. There’s no way they could reach those people. Putting up Biden and then lying about his mental health destroyed their credibility. Even with that, Harris was within striking distance.

Democrats have always been pretty crappy. That doesn't excuse going full Nazi. And standing by it. These are bad people. It's not the Democrats fault. If you voted for Trump, you're likely a bigot.

Additionally, we didn't prosecute the ring leader of the Jan. 6 insurrection. We need to finish reconstruction and punish the people who spread hate, fear, and anger. We can only grow divided otherwise.

I’ll wager whoever y'all run in 2028 will be equally as spineless though.

I don't know who y'all is. It's unlikely the US will have free or fair elections ever again. Remember what happened on Jan 6?

There's over 9,000 names for the US forces that'll ensure an absence of free and fair* elections.

Y'all Qaeda | VanillaISIS | Yeehawdists | Yokelharam | Talibundy** | Talibaptists | ...

* for some archaic value of 'free & fair'

** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HODGXw0AZX4

This is far too cryptic for me to parse.

You asked

> I don't know who y'all is.

and while I suspect the meconium account that made the GP comment you responded to was aping being a non-US citizen (by referring to "you all" regardless of aisle affiliation) and implying that any 2028 elected POTUS would avoid prosecuting Jan 6 charges for fear of fallout, I also took the opportunity to remind ourselves of some of the notable nom de guerre's coined to ridicule various US quasi-militias of the pro Jan6 persuasion.

Y'all Qaeda was gem of a description for the Vanilla ISIS types.