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We hate him no matter who he represents. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I've been reading political novels since about 6th Grade.

There's never been a fictional US President as bad as the reality of Trump. And I include Lex Luthor from the Superman comics.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Even Nixon's head as President of Earth ran a weirdly benign and relatively competent administration as President of Earth. Yes, because Futurama is a comedy, but with all of these fictional Presidents, I think many Americans have (or hopefully had) little concept of just how much of our stability and prosperity actually was due to the government. Fictional accounts of how badly a President can fuck the U.S. just wouldn't've landed as plausible with a general audience.

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