• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    My god, the man is insane. And people are talking about how unfit Biden is because he mixes up world leaders and dates?

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      5 months ago

      Interesting to learn so much about how Fascism works, because of Trump. Making crazy statements, as a type of blind loyalty test is instinctual for fascist leaders. Alienates his followers from normal people, forces them to believe in even crazier things.

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        5 months ago

        I would prefer to learn this in a theoretical, not practical, way, thank you very much.

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        And this time around it’s even easy to isolate yourself in an information bubble that completely reinforces your beliefs. Social media is a godsend for fascists.

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      5 months ago

      Meanwhile Trump has never even heard of these people or what happened on those dates…

      Instead we get classics like this from the certified genius …

      “Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV. See how smart I am, not many people can remember 5 things…”

      and

      “that dementia test was quite challenging but I passed it, not many other people would be smart enough to pass it”

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        I guess I am unfit for office because I forget everyone’s name about 3 minutes after they tell me. If I haven’t met you several times I am just never remembering your name.

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          My wife took me to a going away party for one of her co-workers where I literally only knew her (obviously) and the neurosurgeon she works for. She introduced me to like 30 people over the course of the evening then would ask days/weeks later “do you remember so and so?” I forgot their names they moment we moved on, lol.

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          Literally reason #1 why I haven’t run for (local) political office, despite seriously considering it.

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      He is very vaguely suggesting the Dems will purge all connections to the past. It’s a calculated talking point. He isn’t insane or stupid; he is evil.

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      5 months ago

      They’re both unfit, and it’s a disgrace that you’re basically stuck choosing between these 2. There’s a reasonable chance one of them keels over and dies before the election as well.

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          Why do you keep justifying the choices we have, do more.

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          I mean, sure, but there’s like 300 million other people they could’ve picked instead.

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            There is surely a very large set of people who could be a better president but the conjunction of that set and the set of people who can become president is empty.