I really don’t think we quite realized how much the first Trump impeachment had identified Trump’s fundamental nature and the reason he should never be given any power https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP82q8je9/
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But there's also an animal component that cannot abide a limit, cannot stand the word 'No!', will take by force what isn't given through acquiescence.
It's what makes rape come natural to some people.
It is what makes ethics to a man like Roy Cohen seem childish because since when does one restrain power and influence when they have the means to use it?
Weak men suffer from shame. Weak men suffer from empathy. Weak men sacrifice based on principle and serve a greater purpose than themselves.
No, if you want to be a strong man, you need to sacrifice your integrity, your principles, what you know to be true for what you know will be effective.
To a strong man, there is just power, no responsibility.
You have to be some kind of sucker to believe that one is associated with the other.
All true. But I also credit Sarah Kendzior, David Frum (yeah, I know), and Dahlia Lithwick for making this argument.
I'd add that he does have another skill. In office, with adversaries, he's a mafia-style bully, but campaigning, with "friends," he's an exceptional conman. https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3kc4qkwn4ds2o
It’s kind of annoying, but an option is to modify the url, removing everything from the question mark on. Just delete it. Then the vid should just play in your browser. 👍🏼
Roughly: Trump uses extortion & blackmail. It’s all he uses. Against universities, law firms, states. And they all give in, which only makes him ask for more. It’s a Mafia-style protection racket, and it’s Trumps one kind of deal. So far, no one has said “No” and they need to.
I don't give a shit what his administration does to me. Living in an America that has fully fallen to autocracy would be a fate worse than death to me. They have no power over me and I'll never shut up and I'll never cooperate.
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It's what makes rape come natural to some people.
Weak men suffer from shame. Weak men suffer from empathy. Weak men sacrifice based on principle and serve a greater purpose than themselves.
To a strong man, there is just power, no responsibility.
You have to be some kind of sucker to believe that one is associated with the other.
https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3ll2krx5ya22p
I'd add that he does have another skill. In office, with adversaries, he's a mafia-style bully, but campaigning, with "friends," he's an exceptional conman.
https://bsky.app/profile/dbonowitz.bsky.social/post/3kc4qkwn4ds2o
I don't give a shit what his administration does to me. Living in an America that has fully fallen to autocracy would be a fate worse than death to me. They have no power over me and I'll never shut up and I'll never cooperate.