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I think that asshole is going to run for president.
by Simon_says 9y ago
I think that asshole is going to run for president.
- mc32 9y agoIt seems likely, but I don't think people will ultimately vote for a robot-like candidate even within the primaries, so I think we're safe there.
- kbart 9y agoNobody believed Trump will become president either, never underestimate idiots' abilities.
- mc32 9y agoTrump is a populist, but this guy is a technocrat wannabe who looks to China for inspiration. It's as though he'd like to architect our society to his liking, rather than let people make their own society. He's a control freak. Not the kind of person I'd want running the country. An atheist who now says he's found religion? No, that's a put-on. Not that I'd mind an atheist myself, but that's just self serving.
- skocznymroczny 9y agoHow would that work. Why would people vote for him? "Oh, I better vote for him or I'll get banned from facebook"?
- aaron-lebo 9y agoHe's latched onto UBI, as have a lot of the technoraiti. He probably genuinely believes it is necessary (and it maybe), but that's a really easy bone to throw out to voters: "vote for me, I'm gonna give everyone money". Of course there's no way any unified vision of UBI is going to go through the political grinder, so the end result is anyone's guess. He'll probably lean on that and social issues and the fact that he's not as obviously ignorant as Trump. It might be enough to slip through political parties that are running people like Ted Cruz and Clinton as finalists.
- fredsir 9y agoHalf of America voted for Trump. They'll believe anything.
- puranjay 9y agoI don't know how he will overcome his image problem. I've seen some memes floating around that mock him as a "robot" ('greetings, fellow humans!'). Those are pretty funny and hit at one of his biggest problems as a political candidate: he appears robotic