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[–] 129 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Maybe they’re onto something. What if, instead of voting for people based on their ideals and record, we just passed leadership down through bloodline? Has anyone tried that before?

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Based on primogeniture, wouldn’t that mean Don Jr is taking over? Then Eric? Clearly, the girls would be skipped…

    So does this mean Barron is going to kill his brothers to ascend the throne?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Some cultures embraced the concept of ultimogeniture, under the premise that the youngest child would be raised with the full benefit of wiser parents and inherit younger, but generally not too young.

    It's apparently pretty effective when the culture encourages the youngest child to stay home as a caretaker for their parents, but in terms of kingdom inheritance can cause problems.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    UK here just saying that if you want a monarchy, we've got a decent one (as monarchies go) that won't try to financially rape the peasants to death, we've moved past that now.

    What say you Americans, ready to become Canada 2: Empire Boogaloo?

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  • [+] 104 points 2 years ago (9 children)
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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I wouldn't expect the son of a sociopath to be terribly well-adjusted.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    "He's a guy you can have drinks with".... Uh no? He's 18. You cannot have drinks with him unless your a piece of tra... Well that guy can, but that's more like peer pressuring someone you really out age

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I was very confused by your comment until I googled the drinking age in the US, and found it's 21. I guess I assumed it was 18 like most countries

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You are responsible enough for your own decisions at 18 that you can join the military and die for your country, but you can't buy a drink for another 3 years.

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    [–] 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    "The douche doesn't fall far from the bag."

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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    Weird, is something most people can be called, I'm more concerned with the other linked article in the story, citing a former behavioral specialist of barron's recounting stories of animal, physical, and sexual abuse...

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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    This is shit journalism. Yeah, his name is Trump so he's probably an asshole, but he's living his life, which has no impact on your life or mine. He's a private citizen, and his alleged assholery is not a public matter.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    What? His 'living life' that's 'not a public matter' includes standing behind the president of the United States as he's sworn in. He deserves the utmost public scrutiny, especially considering three of trumps other children already take an active role in his presidency. They meet world leaders, but you just want to avoid looking at whatever sketchy shit this one might be up to. He had the option to avoid the public and decided to be another gremlin like his clown ass brothers.

    Next time don't get on the stage if you don't want the limelight.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    On campus, nobody really knows what’s up with that guy, other than that he’s not like any of the other students. “He’s sort of like an oddity on campus,” says Kaya Walker, the president of the NYU Republicans. “He goes to class, he goes home.”

    That seems like a pretty kind assessment for what must be a super weird experience for everyone else on campus. A constant Secret Service presence seems like it must disrupt the other students’ lives, as well as the professors at the school. In fact, Walker quoted one of her own professors as saying “he doesn’t really belong here.”

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I might be projecting here, but sounds to me like he just wants to be left alone. Like, no matter where he stands politically, being the son of the president alone (let alone this one) must be pretty difficult for an adolescent.

    I say let's leave him be and not judge him based on his family. If he if he joins the others, that's different. But don't treat him as an extension of his father, no matter how much of a dipshit that father may be.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    I know a kid who went to his last school. He said Barron was nice and well liked. He's 18 so there's little chance he isn't having a rough time adjusting to adulthood especially considering being Trump's son. Weird subject for a story though

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    Poor kid, he's only 18 still, that's gotta be a really tough way to grow up.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    MAGAs are weird

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but his last name is Trump, so the odds of him being a cesspool of a human being are astronomically high.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    The non-existent value of weirdly comparing his profile to a Greek statue aside, it's not even a good comparison. He has a way more prominent nasal ridge, a higher, more angled and sharp jawline, lower cheek bones, and a much flatter brow/forehead. What exactly is meant to look similar here except that they are both white guys?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I see it more from the "Mythological" aspect. Less face simular and more both are legends and should be immortalized as statues.

    Edit: To be clear I am not supporting the comparison. I am just explaining my take on the attempted symbolism of the image.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    From the article:

    Of course he’s famous and sought-after — he’s a Trump. People would book Eric as a clown at their kid’s birthday party if he wasn’t so afraid of being his true self. Everyone wants to be close to a famous person, and people who want to curry favor with Donald Trump will say any manner of sweet nothings about his children.

    ETA: although I chuckled at the above statement, this author is biased as shit. All his articles are nothing but Reddit-style fan service and exhaustively regurgitated comments. He even perpetuates the couch fucker lie in other articles. Everything reads like he's trying to make the best joke in order to get his karma numbers up.

    Even though I lean left, I wouldn't trust anything this guy has to say and would do extra research before I took it seriously.

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I love the fact that it's turning out that he's just like his brothers and fathers--empty.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    These have no lives.

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