Example: O.J Simpson
He was a symbol of where the 90s were and how big his court case was at the time. Not that he should garner sympathy because we all know he did it and he only got off on technicality as well as theater performed by his council. But we all know where we were when that was all happening.
She may have single-handedly precipitated the slide into fascism in the US.
If she had simply resigned from her position when she began experiencing health issues, it would have allowed her successor to be nominated and approved under a democratic administration.
Instead, she wanted to retain her position of authority as long as possible, and so her greatest legacy to the US became Amy Coney Barret appointed by Trump and the subsequent series of 5-4 votes in favor of furthering his agenda.
There’s no guarantee that would have happened. See Mitch McConnell and Merrick Garland
I prefer “no guarantees” to “guaranteed fuck up” tbh.
Perhaps she was banking on a Clinton win.
Hell even if she had resigned and they got a democrat in, GOP would just wait for their next chance. The current state of the US has been in the works for several decades now, I find it hard to believe that RBG’s decision had any influence over it; it would have just delayed the inevitable.