• Lussy [any, hy/hym]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    it’s just have not been observed once in modern history

    I feel like Trump kind of hid his power levels a bit this election season. He wasn’t really talking all that much about mass deportations or completely gutting the government, definitely leaning more heavily on his ultimately run of the mill 1st term.

    Obviously, good things happen only for the worst of us but maybe there’s a microscopic silver lining here

    • purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      Rightists hide their power level sometimes, in the sense that they pivot right. Centrists also hide their power level sometimes, in the sense that they pivot right. Radlibs also hide their power level sometimes, in the sense that they pivot right.

      Pivoting happens often, it just isn’t pivoting left that happens often.

    • plinky [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      2 months ago

      he didn’t though, people just waved him off as they saw his first go at it, but his sickos did a bit of theory on levers of power (and surprisingly, senate republicans got very much in line, while dems are doing abundance dances or whatever the fuck).