A possible deprogramming path out of the Trump Cult insanity
First, as a general rule it is humans that are insane. No need for qualifiers there.
You are merely quipping over one instance of it, there are many.
Knowing its inherent quality is vital to understanding how it functions, its root causes, and potential solutions.
All I see from your post, is a suggestion that we encourage them to fight amongst themselves. Desantis appears primed to do just that. OTOH, I do not think anything is "over" or "won" should the orange monkey be deposed in the minds of the cult. For they will ever be cultists looking for tomorrow's lord and savior. Trump is a passing fad for them. Sure they'll die for him today, but the second he appears weak (to them) they'll drop him as fast as he drops cabinets. Having them evolve and reform under an actually capable leader may pose an even greater danger to us in the long run.
Which is to say... human nature is a hydra. Cutting off one head may feel euphoric for a moment.... until the next one bites you.
Given how humans behave.... an actual solution might be to dance upon the razor's edge... with our own fascism. We are heading there already... but it might also be the only way. To defeat a cult... you must be a greater cult. Americans must be #American, they must feel it, they must breath it. Bonus points if we manage to maintain an appreciation for education, for truths and sciences along the way. Because those things ARE NOT inherent for us. We must push them on each generation, or lose them just as fast. The risk I see is our own religious fervor to smite our enemies and dance upon their bones. To revel in our own madness. It is intoxicating, and almost certainly what our opposition to them will become.
How we come back from that... I don't know. I strongly suggest not losing it in the first place. For if we lose ourselves, then I fear the notion of our society, of civilization, was more of a spark than an enduring flame. Our notion that human rights existed may not be something we value over the rotting corpses of our enemy. And it would be a bloody shame to dispense with the MAGA only for us to turn that corrupted power against ourselves. Yet I see the desire to do that, all the time. Democrats are not good enough if they do not tow the line. Check all the boxes. Vitriol and hatred and not reserved for MAGA. They are freely given to anyone sufficiently different.
In the midst of our fight, we must never endorse such evil acts. We must preserve who we are, what we stand for. Because surrendering it is ALL too easy.
Note, under no circumstance do I believe coexistence with MAGA is possible. For how is that not a foregone conclusion?
I merely "pray" for who we are, who we become, after.
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