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Re: "US to become a failed state"
I thought desantis bowed out early (no chance, height disadvantage). Haley, too, endorsing Trump? It didn't look like much of a real competition, but I may be wrong.
Jun 30 · 2 months ago
There was a ton of money thrown at them.
Haley hung in forever on the hopes that since she won two state (mostly from encouraging self-reported Democrats to attend the open primary and vote for her) that she would be able to replace Trump at the primary if he was in prison or something else.
The commentary class was all on board with trying to make them happen. The problem is only 25% of Republicans voted for them, so their efforts fell apart.
I don't think it's fair to say the party didn't try to mount a serious challenge against Trump. They did, and it failed.
I'd also note that the way the people vote matters a bit more in the Republican primary.
The Republican convention doesn't have uncommitted superdelegates like the Democratic convention. On the first ballot, the three from each state are required to vote according to the voter turnout of their state. It only opens up on the second ballot if there is no winner.
It's actually comparatively democratic process as opposed to the system that was used to fuck Bernie out of the nomination and push Hillary Clinton on the USA.
🚀 stack [OP] · Jun 30 at 22:31:
@istvan: Thank you for clarifying. I obviously wasn't paying much attention.
@stack All that said, I agree that the US is a failed state that’s riding on the inertia of its reputation. It’s only a matter of time before more of the world catches on, someone gets the balls to put the first brick through the window, and everything falls apart.
The gulf between ideology and reality is huge, and the impact is going to be incredible when it finally hits everyone in the face.
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