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This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. How does this shit keep working for him?
You know any republicans? They’re dumber than dogshit.
And the ones that aren't use the ones that are.
Trump represents everything his MAGoos love; shameless self indulgence and contempt for anything intellectual.
Trump: I love the poorly educated
Boomers were/are huge on collectibles.
So they see buying this shit not only as support for trump, but an investment.
They imagine a world 20 years from now where they have been proven right and this will become a family heirloom they'll tell their great grand children about how they were right and luckily they saved the world.
And then everyone will clap and apologize for doubting them.
The one thing everyone has in common is they need hope. Dangerous politicians tell voters that the world will end if the other candidate is elected, and they're the only ones that can stop it.
It's so dangerous because people who fall for it, will excuse absolutely anything their "team" does. Because the world will end if their team loses. In a worst case scenario we end up with the illusion of choice, where both candidates are incredibly similar, but voters only care about a handful of issues that just doesn't really matter to either of the candidates.
It's like that episode of "Always Sunny" where Frank and Dennis distract Mac and Charlie about lime thickness so they stop asking about all the shady economic shit going on at the bar. Frank and Dennis don't give a fuck about lime thickness, they just want to divide people so they stop asking about the money.
Cult of personality, it’s textbook.