FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoIlliberalism Is Not Inevitable. If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1588
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minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 hours agoIf I were to Americanize it: This is essentially if Ted Cruz, or better yet Chris Christie, beat Donald Trump in the general election. Undeniably a good thing as it’d mean no more Trump and it’s kinda humilating for him. But it means… yeah. One of them at the helm.
minus-squareGuy Ingonito@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 hours agoSomeone on Bluesky said it was like if the Dems had lost to Trump 4 times and then ran Mit Romney and won by a historic landslide
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 hours agoThat’s a better comparison, actually. Mitt very publicly doesn’t like Trump, but voted with him like 80% of the time.
If I were to Americanize it: This is essentially if Ted Cruz, or better yet Chris Christie, beat Donald Trump in the general election. Undeniably a good thing as it’d mean no more Trump and it’s kinda humilating for him.
But it means… yeah. One of them at the helm.
Someone on Bluesky said it was like if the Dems had lost to Trump 4 times and then ran Mit Romney and won by a historic landslide
That’s a better comparison, actually. Mitt very publicly doesn’t like Trump, but voted with him like 80% of the time.