They are desperate to be cool, it’s so cringe.

    • jlow (he / him)
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      1852 months ago

      I think it’s much sadder (more sad? saddest) that people fall for such absurd douche bags. If they would at least be sexy and seem smart you could understand how people could be fooled but this is just too hard to watch.

      • @frickineh@lemmy.world
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        792 months ago

        Yeah like, they have negative charisma, so it’s extra baffling. I cannot imagine a world in which I’d support Donald Trump, but definitely not in this one where he routinely shits his own diaper. If he was only disgusting mentally but was a good speaker or handsome or whatever, it would make at least a little more sense

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            52 months ago

            I think it’s dangerous to imagine people follow these folks, or let them run rampant over society, because they aspire to be like them. That makes it so much harder to really understand why people support them, or even just refuse to tell them “no”, and makes it impossible to do anything about it.

            People believe that life is a meritocracy. Even when they themselves can look around at the people near them and see that those in positions of power don’t deserve it, they still view society as a whole as “fair”. Yes, they personally have may have gotten screwed over, but, in general, the people who float to the top got there because they were smarter and more capable. Therefore, we should sit back and just let them cook.

            They need some kind of trigger to see the billionaires not as people who have earned their place, but who have stolen it.

        • Suite404
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          12 months ago

          Negative charisma means they can’t be the anti-christ! So we’re golden! Tada!

        • Tournesol
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          I’ll hate him just as much… but damn does he look good doing it.

    • @NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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      382 months ago

      A charismatic tyrant at least provides SOME excuse. People aren’t necessarily monsters, they are just gullible.

      When you have someone as decrepit and incompetent as trump who ALSO has a visible diaper bulge at his hips and who can’t speak a coherent sentence? There is no argument other than people truly choosing hate above all else.