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sheshe2

(95,518 posts)
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 08:10 PM Dec 7

Tick Tock

Tick Tock

Scott (@thegopisfubar2024.bsky.social) 2025-12-08T00:05:40.411Z


...............................

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If he should die before I wake,
I shall wake up with a morning bright.
Amen.

🙏

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Tick Tock (Original Post) sheshe2 Dec 7 OP
We are all waiting LetMyPeopleVote Dec 7 #1
I love this! sheshe2 Dec 7 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 7 #3
If Trump should die before I wake, I pray the news ain't fake. surfered Dec 7 #4
Good one, surfered. sheshe2 Dec 7 #5
lol Cha Dec 7 #6
And YOU GET A PEACE PRIZE! Maru Kitteh Dec 7 #7
"When trump Dies" by Rick Wilson.. Speaking Cha Dec 7 #8
Excellent post by Rick Wilson. sheshe2 Dec 7 #10
So well imagined... Rick Wilson Cha Dec 8 #12
Amazing that he was once a Republican, though never a MAGA. sheshe2 Dec 8 #14
Thanks for adding that to this thread, Cha. brer cat Dec 8 #11
You're Welcome, brer cat.💙 Cha Dec 8 #13
In your case, DO fear the Reaper Seinan Sensei Dec 7 #9

Response to sheshe2 (Original post)

Cha

(316,394 posts)
8. "When trump Dies" by Rick Wilson.. Speaking
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:12 PM
Dec 7

of that..

Every aging dictator, every long-in-the-tooth autocrat, every once-terrifying strongman eventually feels the cold hand of Death reaching out to tap them on the shoulder and whisper, “It’s time.”

We all understand mortality. It’s the constant of the human condition, the endless winner of billions of lives, even that of the Dear Leaders whose rule seemed eternal.

We don’t spend enough time on how much chaos and blood comes after that tap in the Generallismo’s shoulder, on the inevitable collapse of systems built around a single man entail.

The leader dies, weakens, is defeated politically or militarily, or even loses a step, and the entire structure that pretended to be a unified movement reveals itself as what it really was all along: a feeding frenzy for sycophants who think they were born to inherit the throne. The pressure cooker of autocratic systems rewards fealty, loyalty, public and private obeisance.

More to Read.. https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/when-trump-dies

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016419059

Thanks, she... This is what I've been holding onto.

sheshe2

(95,518 posts)
10. Excellent post by Rick Wilson.
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:57 PM
Dec 7

Thank you so much for sharing this, Cha.


The leader dies, weakens, is defeated politically or militarily, or even loses a step, and the entire structure that pretended to be a unified movement reveals itself as what it really was all along: a feeding frenzy for sycophants who think they were born to inherit the throne.


This is what I hope for.

Cha

(316,394 posts)
12. So well imagined... Rick Wilson
Mon Dec 8, 2025, 12:13 AM
Dec 8

really vividly laid that out well.

Traitor is the Evil head of the snake that Sucks Sycophants in. I don't think there's anyone else that can do that.

You're Welcome, she

sheshe2

(95,518 posts)
14. Amazing that he was once a Republican, though never a MAGA.
Mon Dec 8, 2025, 12:47 AM
Dec 8

Thank goodness for his help getting the word out.

brer cat

(27,322 posts)
11. Thanks for adding that to this thread, Cha.
Mon Dec 8, 2025, 12:11 AM
Dec 8

Knowing he will die gives me hope for the future.

Cha

(316,394 posts)
13. You're Welcome, brer cat.💙
Mon Dec 8, 2025, 12:38 AM
Dec 8

Yes, I've been thinking along the lines of what Rick Wilson has written so eloquently.. Dictators Dying. Specifically this one.

I imagine so many people are thinking the same

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