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People thought he was in their tribe. Maybe he was. But now he's tribeless. So he's the outgroup and thus bad. That's literally the basis. I wish it were deeper
by misssocrates 4y ago
People thought he was in their tribe. Maybe he was. But now he's tribeless. So he's the outgroup and thus bad. That's literally the basis. I wish it were deeper, but it's not.
- danparsonson 4y agoTribeless? I thought he was pretty hardcore Republican?
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- foderking 4y agohes anything but a hard-core republican. iirc he has always voted democrat unril not long ago
- epgui 4y agoAnd yet almost everything he says on Twitter is highly indicative of the contrary, so who knows what he really thinks.
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- ROTMetro 4y agoRupert Murdoch, the guy Elon spent the Super Bowl with, might know a bit of his position.
- godelski 4y agoI'm lost, are you talking about Trump or Elon?
- mlindner 4y agoHe voted for Obama, Clinton and Biden, so no, not really.
- epgui 4y agoI mean Obama was just a strong choice, and what exactly was the alternative when Clinton and Biden ran? Honestly, not casting a completely insane vote doesn't mean much.
- mlindner 4y agoI’m not sure what you’re trying to say. A hardcore Republican votes for Republican candidates, of which there was reasonably popular versions of for each election. I wasn’t claiming he was a Democrat, just that he wasn’t a “hardcore Republican”.
- epgui 4y agoI was just assuming you could be "hardcore" and still somewhat pragmatic or reasonable, but I'm with ya. (eg.: I'm "hardcore pro-science", but I wouldn't vote for someone I thought was a pro-science evil person. This example doesn't compare to what we're talking about, it's just to illustrate my own point in this comment.)
- mlindner 4y agoThe people who vote for a candidate generally don't think they're evil either.
- epgui 4y agoI'd argue that most people don't think, period... haha. I totally know what you mean, and the key is whether someone has the ability to be critical about and vary their own default position, if you will. This can be very difficult to ascertain, because it's often a matter of counter-factuals.
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