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At a Conservative Political Action Conference, Republicans were eager to start the post-Trump era. But empty convention halls and an anemic speakers list gave many young people in attendance a doomed feeling. "There's no serious discussion going on," one 27-year-old attendee said.

nyti.ms‘I Think That MAGA Is Dying:’ Inside the Youth Movement at CPACAt a sparsely attended Conservative Political Action Conference, young Republicans were eager to start the post-Trump era.

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All I'm gonna say is they have been here before, twice in my lifetime. The spent energy described took over three branches of government and THEY WILL REGROUP. There is no fascist end state.

I have never heard a serious speech from CPAC. Non-stop stereotyping, scapegoating and dehumanization (the business model of rw talk shows and the linguistic strategies of deep propanganda) reign supreme, i.e. "seriously dangerous," maybe.

…another young male attendee noted “even Matt Schlapp is groping with less gusto, it’s nothing but lookmaxxing and crypto pyramid schemes here”.