Yep, the person who did this is an idiot. They don't realize all they did was help his cause and give him that much stronger of a chance of winning presidency.

I mean, they probably don't realize anything anymore given that they had bullets actually go through them.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Liberals still believe in Great Man Theory.

If he died, another would take his place and wins for sure as revenge.

Now that he lived, he has excellent PR.

Biden is constantly taking Ls with his voterbase, like pursuance of Genocide and general brain melting.

Trump is constantly on the rise with his voterbase.

This is why Adventurism doesn't work, and why Leftists need to join an org like PSL and work towards building dual power.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure but his replacement wouldn't be him, so at least some harm would have been avoided that way, but you're right. It would have been much better if this never happened.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Yes and no. We have no crystal ball, ultimately the material conditions for fascism are still present in the US, and they will not go away even with 10 straight DNC victories. America is a dying Empire, so reactionary thinking, trying to turn the clock back, is on the rise.

Leftism must become the status quo to survive fascism.

There would be some harm reduction, yes, and I would have probably celebrated had Trump been popped, but his replacement would be just as bad, merely delayed.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If they wanted to help the democrats, they shot the wrong candidate

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Literally true, Trump was handed the best PR on a silver platter, and even if he croaked his replacement has a sure win.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~Not if he didn't miss.~~

Actually, I guess the democrats would lose either way. It would have only prevented Trump from winning (which many people would probably say is a good thing, but for many it would still not be enough of course), not ensuring the democrats win. So yeah, you're right.