• zephorah
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    7 months ago

    That’s not scary as fuck.

    Theres a strangely loyal following around the man. But let’s say he has an aneurysm and drops dead after taking office on these terms. Now what structure is the next unknown candidate moving into? Who is moving into it? It could be Bernie Sanders 2.0, which sort of defeats the purpose assuming this is all about Trump himself, that all of this is even happening simply because Trump is involved.

    It’s like everyone is forgetting how fucking old Trump is. He’s old, fraying at the edges like he has Dementia (in and of itself, not in a degrees comparison to anyone else), and doesn’t appear healthy. I say this as someone who has spent decades in health care.

    So they want to rebuild this infrastructure for him while dismantling base functioning of the country. The man isn’t immortal and he sure as fuck isn’t healthy. And no VP he chooses will ever have the chops to be anything, especially President, because it’s too much competition for his base hubris.

    So they pave the way for dictator. The chosen dictator dies of old age and bad health. Now what?

    What’s the punchline? Who is this for? It’s bizarre to think there really is no long game here, that it’s happening in the name of that one guy, but that appears to be what this is functioning on. It really is all falling apart, isn’t it?

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      7 months ago

      The punchline is the government is a joke and we proved it by making a mockery of it. This is the culmination of a massive propaganda campaign to convince people that the government is inept and business is competent. It is a long con to give monied interests more power and control.

      They have been using psychology against us. Propaganda becomes public relations. It feels like you are being gaslight because you are.

      This would not be tolerated if it was in a personal relationship. We frown upon relationships that use manipulation and mistruths to abuse people. But for some reason it is okay if the government does it.

      Politicians are free to lie, use the best psychological manipulation, and gaslight the fuck out of us because it is allowed. Just think about what kind of system we have created and how technology has influenced it.

      It is past time for a new set of rules that recognizes how easily it is to manipulate people and setting the guardrails to prevent it.

      What has become clear is we cannot allow the concept of decorum to mislead us. We must demand a new social contract with modern rules taking into account the reality of our world now. Anything less is conceding our rights to the monied minority who have already captured business and our government.