• Willy@sh.itjust.works
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        7 hours ago

        His voters support him and are clueless about his actions and the world. Most republican representatives are just going along with it because he’s so powerful with his cult.

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          7 hours ago

          “His voters” being most of the people that cast votes in the presidential election, so yeah, its really not “just him” is it?

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            3 hours ago

            He has some kind of magical hold on his cult members. Of course the conservative propaganda machine (Fox, Newsmax, OANN, Twitter, TikTok) are so adeptly tuned to keep them brainwashed, but Trump himself is a once in a generation talent for leading the cult.

            Really I’m so impressed at how efficient the propaganda machine keeps the base so angry and so oblivious to reality. It’s completely terrifying, but really really effective.

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              3 hours ago

              The magical hold is simply telling them what they want to hear. They are responding to their racist fascist desires being validated.

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            5 hours ago

            They don’t support his ideas and actions. They’ve never thought about most of them. They support him and if he switched stances tomorrow they would follow.