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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago

His ego and the yes men who surround him probably told him that people would care. That's not really a point to either side.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

There is also the case to be made that they're really incompetent, yes.

[-] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

I mean, did you already forget about 6th January 2021? That was a failure too.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

A failure, yes, but not staged.

[-] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org -1 points 2 months ago

Sorry but what? The capitol attack was organised by Trump and his cronies. There was nothing organic about it.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

That doesn't mean it was "staged." Those people weren't actors.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

He told them to show up and he told them to attack the capitol. It wasn't organic, but planned out in the open. Staging something requires being secretive.

[-] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If I may quote you, your original argument was

Which is point against the conspiracy theorists, since he hasn't gotten any benefit from it.

The point wasn't that it was secret or not. You claimed that the fact that the assassination attempt failed to bring him sympathy points was a point against it.

I provided the insurrection in 2021 as counter point of another thing they planned but didn't get any benefit from.

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