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(DIR) Post #ASqMaVnkrSbozYsZVY by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-19T16:59:20Z
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In the "everything is relative" lesson for today, it's increasingly clear that Gov. DeSantis is a far worse human being than Donald Trump. Live long enough, and you see pretty much everything eventually.
(DIR) Post #ASqTd1YGU9ApinmLmy by MechanicalTurk@home.social
2023-02-19T18:18:07Z
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@lauren the human potential for good seems to max out (at least there is a point where adding more self sacrifice just becomes daft), but human potential for being crappy seems to have no bound.
(DIR) Post #ASqTegwG5wZEN2nSzI by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-19T18:18:35Z
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@MechanicalTurk There is no bottom.
(DIR) Post #ASqU3JqN6AAtyympJQ by nnscott@cityofchicago.live
2023-02-19T18:22:47Z
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@lauren What's not clear is whether he can command the loyalty of Trump's fans, especially if Trump mocks and belittles him. Without that loyalty, he's just another reactionary Southern governor, like Bobby Jindal.
(DIR) Post #ASqU7NVVQ5DaVExim9 by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-19T18:23:49Z
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@nnscott I don't know. The calculus is more complicated this time. Too many unknown variables at this early stage.
(DIR) Post #ASqUYidEzDXpq4cKem by nnscott@cityofchicago.live
2023-02-19T18:28:30Z
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@lauren That is true. It's not clear. But I think that fact is too often forgotten -- that it's not clear. Politics is rough, contenders rise and flame-out all the time, and Trump + his circumstances were arguably sui-generis. There are a lot of *potentially* very dangerous people in politics, who only *actually* become as dangerous as the amount of power they get.