Democrats, 2016: Donald Trump?!? Well, if we stake the entire tradition of postwar American policy and self-perception on Hillary Clinton, there’s no way we can lose!
Democrats, 2017: Oh, darn. We’re gonna miss that.
Republicans: Well, you do still have a pretty hegemonic apparatus of cultural legitimation.
Democrats: oh right lol
Democrats, 2020: Donald Trump?!? Well, if we stake our entire apparatus of cultural legitimation on Joe Biden…