:crabs x10000:

  • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    This is a disaster for them as decades of institutional knowledge, power, and connections is wiped out and they scramble to fight amongst the scraps for their own patronage networks.

    We're going to see this happen a lot, as neither the GOP nor the Dems have stable power transitions, elder retired statesmen, a formal ladder of heirachy, or even just a personal apprenticeship system. Every Gerontocrat that dies hollows the US state out in a way that decades of UK politicians actively trying could only dream of.

    party-sicko

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Obummer is an entirely self-interested Neoliberal loser, though. He can't help them navigate an institutional collapse. He never did anything to develop a new generation of party members, all he's done is cash in and occaisionally step out of retirement to make things dramatically worse.

        • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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          1 year ago

          Mostly good take, I would argue he has done patronage and it's the reason the technocrat neolibs wield so much power in the party and in the private sector.

          It even intrudes on my industry where some webshit devs are still coasting on 'saving healthcare.gov'.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Obama is the best they have. In earlier times they'd have the Longs and the Kennedys as emergency backstops...but...gestures around