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I was gonna title this "And here I sit so patiently waiting to find out what price you have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice" and then write "Stuck inside of America with the fascism blues again" here, but I'm not sure if that comes off like gloating and that's honestly the last thing I want to do this morning.

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[–] NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But I don't know who that is, lol. Not until now.

[–] NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dems need a candidate who's already famous. They need one totally unchained, unhinged, who would say awful but barely not illegal things in public, so they're plastered on every news outlet constantly.

They need a liberal Trump.

What chuds like about Trump is that he jokes around and appears to be passionate about what he talks about, and instead of backing down when challenged, will face it head on and double down. Someone who will spit in the face of his enemies without apologizing after. Get anyone who can riff and mock their enemies while standing firm on their positions.

They need someone who's a little iffy about vaccines, who will print money and send people fat checks with their face stamped on it, who will straight up collude with the powerful in public, so calling it out does nothing.

I dont think they actually like any of this, just the way he does it inspires confidence. They care very little about the actual policy specifics.

That's all they really want is confidence. They aren't confident in their place within a changing world and want someone who exudes that confidence so they can delegate their trust to someone who has it where they have none.

I only said Hasan because he's funny, comfortable being an asshole, confident, and isn't a pushover.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The checks, IMO, worked very well. People loved that.

Don't underestimate the power (and historical precedent) of simple populist policy. It's not super effective campaigning, but its very effective at keeping someone in office.