Here's what I think, and I went into more detail above:

Would DeSantis be a good president? Possibly. But he isn't America First, so it's a nonstarter. We need to turn the ship around, not just slow the rot.

DeSantis might throw us a bone, and improve life in some ways. But it's not the movement we need. It doesn't actually even start to fix any of the issues.

It's frustrating, because I sound like some of the stuff I've criticized in the past as being "utopianist." But I'm just done. I'm done watching my nation spiral down the drain. I don't need one man to save everything in one fell swoop, that is utopianist. I don't need everything magically fixed overnight...but I need someone to get the process started. I don't want another Trump figure, who does some things well, and is or was above the very low average, but done betrays us on basic stuff time and again. I want someone who actually puts us first.

It's why I'm both glad and hesitant that Fuentes and his message is being pushed. I'm suspicious, because I think it's another Pied Piper. I'm suspicious because Nick is bad on a lot of things too. I'm suspicious because he doesn't own "America First." But I love to see people saying America First, and I damn sure hope they actually understand what it means.

The concept, America First, is nonnegotiable. And DeSantis ain't that.