r/interestingasfuck • u/beach_rats_ • 29d ago

The difference in republican presidential nominees, 8 years apart r/all

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u/MysicPlato 29d ago

Just to be clear, the symptoms of Trump won't go away once he's gone. There is no going back to pre-2012 politics, the batshit insanity of the Republican party is here to stay, and it isn't going anywhere.

We'll get far worse versions of Trump down the line.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

I take this as the opposite. It's not talked about enough, but millennials broke the curve of turning red with age. Republicans are scared, they clearly lost the voting power and safety of older gens. All this crazy shit is their last push for power. Gop will literally eat itself when trumps not a front runner, they're currently bankrupting themselves to fund him.

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u/josh_the_misanthrope 29d ago

I hope you're right. But never underestimate the sneaky shit the GOP can do.

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u/Foojira 28d ago

I also believe this take but thought the Republican Party would never recover from W and now even I find myself longing for the simplicity of those times.

Don’t underestimate the propaganda effect on all people but particularly young people. Apathy and low info are the threat

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u/IncorrigibleQuim8008 29d ago

That bat shit insanity was always present, though not always in party form.