I can never decide if the biggest suckers in known human history are the people who wanted Trump to win because they think he's an economic populist or people who wanted Trump to win because he's opposed to American imperialism - ThreadSky

lemieuxlgm.bsky.social • 5 days ago

I can never decide if the biggest suckers in known human history are the people who wanted Trump to win because they think he's an economic populist or people who wanted Trump to win because he's opposed to American imperialism

Reposted from Seth D. Michaels

the people who looked at Trump as some sort of counter-force to American empire were incredibly self-deluding; it’s been obvious for more than a decade that he’s hyped to not just helm the military machine but to play with it like a toy, and surrounds himself with like minds.

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schraubd.bsky.social•5 days ago

“People who thought he was a defender of free speech from the turnbuckles!”

schraubd.bsky.social•5 days ago

Aww, beat me by 45 seconds.

magneticsara.bsky.social•5 days ago

I am never going to get over the meme that if there's a female president, there will be a war and a draft.

janejjetson.bsky.social•5 days ago

Probably a lot of overlap in the Venn diagram there?

corwe.bsky.social•5 days ago

They were watching Fox news.

lemieuxlgm.bsky.social•5 days ago

And of course topping both are the people who wanted Trump to win because of his commitment to free speech on campus, who should not be legally permitted to own knives or shoelaces

jonathanbernstein.bsky.social•5 days ago

I don't think anyone sincerely believed that one. The other two...alas, yes.

chaddb.bsky.social•5 days ago

He is the blank canvas that the distracted and deluded poured their hopes and dreams into. They will not turn on him; they will just tune out.

lemieuxlgm.bsky.social•5 days ago

I guess "sincerely" eliminates writers at the Free Press, although the line between "bad faith" and "high on your own supply" can be thin

winniethewitch.bsky.social•4 days ago

How do they feed themselves?

pitaenigma.bsky.social•5 days ago

I mean if you're opposed to the American empire I can't think of a single president who's done more to destroy its power

docstock.bsky.social•5 days ago

And of course, our boy Glenn aggressively embodies both.

content-lab.agency•5 days ago

Leaning toward the latter; the Tyler Austin Harper tweet about how Harris needed to level with young men about how she’d not send them to die in the Middle East is one of the best distillations of Murc’s Law, horseshoe theory, pundit brain, Donald the Dove, you name it—all in one.

zigzagwanderer.bsky.social•5 days ago

But I was told Donald is a dove

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