Mastodawn

What is likely to happen when/if trump dies?

https://lemmy.wtf/post/39872079

What is likely to happen when/if trump dies? - Lemmy.wtf

It must surely be imminent. He’s not in the best health if the reports about him eating mcdonalds all the time are true. Say he had a heart attack next week… then what? Presumably Vance would take over as actual president, but I can’t imagine anyone being as bad as him. Would the maga movement continue with a different cult leader? Do you think things would meaningfully change?

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Steve Mar 23

It’s extremely rare for a cult to survive the death of its leader.
The only one I know of is Scientology.

Vance would become POTUS, but he won’t be able to keep MAGA united. Remember Rump is miraculously keeping both pro Israel zionists and anit-semitic neo-nazis together on the same team. As well as others who would be natural enemies. MAGA will collapse. Vance’ll almost certainly loose in '28.

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the_mighty_kracken Mar 23

Every religion currently operating is a cult that survived the death of its leader.

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Steve

A a handful maybe. Most grew organically from collections of myths, stories, and traditions. Greek, Nordic, Egyptian, Hindi, Jewish, Wiccan, Vodo, Zoroastrian, even Christian, all started as folktales.