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[โ€“] Midnitte 39 points 7 months ago (5 children)

It's astounding to me that he continues to have any support while rapidly suggesting the complete erosion of the rule of law.

Have people learned nothing about the behavior of despots and demagogue? Or, at the very least, something about Trump's history of treatment towards working people?

He's only interested in saving his own skin and making himself more money.

[โ€“] Arkham 16 points 7 months ago

A lot of his base admires precisely those qualities you mentioned. They dig the idea of someone who appeals to their shared prejudices and wields power capriciously and cruelly. Either because they think he will wield that power on their behalf, or because they wish they could wield that kind of power themselves and are enjoying it vicariously by watching him do it.

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