Their only real role is to be “not Republican” this election cycle.

from Venkatesh Rao's Blyg ↗ · excerpt of v2

Another interesting question: what happens to the Republicans now? It's hard to imagine Rs challenging trump. I can see a purple fusion emerging on the dem side. Abundance types are sorta a new spin on center right and neoliberalism. I remember you vgr had a chart in prolegomena to psychohistory that feels prescient.

https://ribbonfarm.com/2017/11/30/prolegomena-to-any-dark-age-psychohistory/