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When Bush Jr was president I was absolutely confounded by how people could support him. Then I got older and could see how people don't know how to do basic research.
With Trump, you just watch a speech or see his social media posts. It should be immediately apparent to anyone that he's a spineless, lying, idiot.
Trying to comprehend how such a loser remains in power hurts my brain.
Propaganda is MUCH more effective than most people think.
In popular media, it's usually only the stupid and the weak willed, but in reality, pretty much ANYONE can be fooled to a lesser or greater degree by propaganda if it's persistent and/or effective enough.
The fascist Republican party is literally a religious cult, complete with being just as difficult to escape without strong social support and deprogramming as for example Jehovah's Witnesses or Scientology.
I think about this a lot.
Trump's way of convincing voters he was a good businessman is literally just repeating, "I'm the best at business." Fox reports it, Facebook bots astroturf it, and influencers amplify it. And after a daily diet of news TV, Facebook and Tiktok feeding those reinforcements, people walk into conversations and eventually the voting booth, check their vibes, and find that opinion pre-formed.
Never mind that he bankrupted a casino, or inherited the money that made him rich, or has done a thousand obvious infomercial-level grifts that anyone can look up. And repeat this with a hundred other lies that create a shared "truth" without any self-reflection or research.
Propaganda is repetition. That's all it needs.
Yeah I think the people who drank the Koolaid were WELL indoctrinated into this stupidity before Trump came along, they don't question Trump because they never questioned anything that came before when it was maybe reasonable (not really).
Another example, see: ads
There's a reason the advertising industry is maaaaaassive. And no, you aren't "immune to ads" or willingly make yourself "less likely to buy the product". You think you are, but you're not.
You're not immune to propaganda
Try comparing Trump with a scam email and you'll get why people fall for his antics.
A scam email uses bad grammar and misspellings to deter less gullible people so the scammers can focus on the gullible people instead of wasting resources on people who at best won't interact, or at worst will try to limit gullible people who are getting sucked in.
Trump does the same thing.
A scam email uses hyperbole, this to try and deny you time to think and just proceed without thinking.
Trump does the same thing.
A scam email will constantly lie.
Trump does the same thing.
A scam email will often focus on your ego, complimenting you or your circumstances.
Trump does the same thing, but less focused on a specific person.
And so on.
TL;DR:
Trump is a scam email.
Not just once, twice. I try not to think about it because it's enraging.
Looks like someone is getting a tariff.
Pft. Yeah, because Trump is known for caring so, so much about what's legal. /s
His legal understanding is "and they just let you do it, because you're famous"... And for the most part he's been correct.
Can't really argue against that. Don't want to either.
He does care about the law, just in the conservative way.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
“He has no Ratings, Talent, or Intelligence, and the Personality of an insecure child,”
LOL, he literally described himself. What a moron.
The only thing he knows is projection
Traditionally, in America, Comedians are the loudest, and most protected 1st Amendment Free Speech voices. So the orange painted rapist can just fuck off!
Someone should explain him the very basics of US law, like freedom of speech. Some other laws, too, maybe.
Republicans: We have freedom of speech. We can be full Nazis in public now, what's the problem?
It would be a waste of a perfectly coherent explanation. The inability to understand is all on their side.
He's a fucking idiot is why he thinks that
Alternatively, these feelings about this post are falling prey to fascist tactics. Freedom of Speech is a concept of the past and they will keep "joking" about it as they clamp down more and more till criticism is silenced out. The whole time, these feelings will have been unwillingly supporting it by dismissing the carefully orchestrated circus show of smoke, rights violations and mirrors as merely being the mirrors, circus and smoke.
He's really not going to like SNL's coup comments then. South Park is giving him the full dictator treatment by bringing back the "sadaam is satans lover" angle with him, too.
They're also doing an amazing job of very accurately depicting all his minions.
Oh no, the would-be dictator got his little fee-fees hurt!
Snowflake. No one cares about your feelings, orange psycho.
Unfortunately, you're very wrong about that. Nobody SHOULD care, though.
I love Seth and I'll be sad when he gets taken to a concentration camp.
Why do the evil/vile ones live longer?
On the backs of those who are selfless, they avoid strain. On the welfare of those who are selfless, they avoid loss.
I keep forgetting Trump is supposedly only 79. He does appear even older.
He is best at aging.
More Russian style politics from chairman mayo
Something something 1st Amendment..
What a fucking snowflake crybaby
Trump says [insert completely wrong bullshit here]. Again.
Did he throw himself on his back and kick his widdle feet while screaming it?
Is it a requirement to list people's ages when referring to them?
Trump's age in the title.
Seth's age in the article.
Actually, they are referring to his IQ.
For someone that has committed as many crimes as he has, and continues to do, he sure does complain a lot about other people doing 'illegal' stuff. Especially when it's stuff that's isn't even illegal. What a monumental fuckwit.
“He has no Ratings, Talent, or Intelligence, and the Personality of an insecure child,” Trump continued
That's Imax levels of projection there, Donald.
The US is a shit hole country.
Enjoy spiralling the drain together.
I agree and I live here.
Making moves to leave, permanently, though. This place sucked before Trump, and now it's just absolute gutter trash.
