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[–] 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

People say this like they said that Trump had no chance in 2016. It seems right, but we get repeatedly proven wrong. Honestly it sounds like one of those malicious lies meant to make us complacent. Not you, but the originator (whoever they might have been).

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago* (3 children)

    It still doesn’t make sense that Trump won. By all logic it should not have been close. However the best explanation is he successfully played outrage media to convince gullible, low information and racists that he was what he wanted, and somehow turned it into a personality cult. The bombast and bs was strong with that one

    But Vance’s main qualification is lack of shame. That doesn’t turn into a personality cult. Neither does submissive loyalty to the cult leader. Neither has there been any public sign of him rising in the cult

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  • It makes a lot of sense. He was wildly racist. All the damn time. When things looked rough he started screaming about immigrants eating dogs and cats. Then you've also got the misogyny and transphobia.

    He got, what, around 22% of the population voting for him to elect him? Approximately 1/5 of the population being impressed by wildly racist antics makes complete sense.

    There's plenty of people still alive out there who are old enough to throw rocks at black kids trying to enter schools or scream at others for sitting down and soda fountains.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    I sure hope you're right! The always-votes-right crowd will just vote for whoever they're told to, including Vance, so I definitely hope that any right-leaners who have broken away and are sick of Trump now don't fall for it all over again with Vance.

    Even without him commanding a cult of personality, the right still has a fire hose of propaganda blasting to hell and back... And I don't foresee that changing. I think the propaganda is a way bigger factor here and I'm still not sure if enough of the populace is paying enough attention to sort fact from fiction.

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