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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why aren't they self aware enough to realize they sound like cartoon villains?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They are appealing to their voters who want them to "hurt the right people"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why do their voters want them to "hurt the right people" in the first place? And why do they go along with it rather than trying to persuade them not to or targeting a different demographic or anything else? ~Cherri

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

There is a free book by a psychologist out there called The Authoritarians which might help explain it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I keep hoping that their voters finally see them for what they are, but well, I guess they do and that's the point...