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Howard Eissenstat
@heissenstat.bsky.social
Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University. E-mail heissens@stlawu.edu
Non-resident scholar, Middle East Institute
Middle East History and Politics, esp. Turkey. Slow runner, nerd
1.3k followers131 following3k posts
I think the running assumption is that, if Trump is defeated, the GOP will turn back to sane, reasonable conservatism. I have my doubts. Trump is less the disease than a symptom of an increasingly on-line, reality-free populism, the causes of which are more structural than personal
There is zero chance they turn into a reasonable center right party if Trump's upcoming coup fails. None. They haven't been sane since Eisenhower, if that.
It’s insane to think the Fascists will just take their ball and go home.
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Howard Eissenstat
@heissenstat.bsky.social
Laurentian Associate Professor of History, St. Lawrence University. E-mail heissens@stlawu.edu
Non-resident scholar, Middle East Institute
Middle East History and Politics, esp. Turkey. Slow runner, nerd
1.3k followers131 following3k posts