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Two weirdos. Great. Weird enough to maybe be a problem for this election.
by gigatexal 3y ago
Two weirdos. Great. Weird enough to maybe be a problem for this election.
- Apocryphon 3y agoShanahan's main strength is deep pockets. I think this gets it right: > If you’re flummoxed by why RFK Jr has picked Nicole Shanahan, a person no one has ever heard of, to be his VP, understand this: This is purely because she’s the only person capable of self-funding to pay for ballot access that was willing to say yes to him. https://twitter.com/lucymcaldwell/status/1772709585083617743 https://twitter.com/lucymcaldwell/status/1772709585083617743 Her Google ties are not making right-leaning Kennedy fans happy.
- api 3y agoIt’s hard to say if RFK will steal more votes from Biden or from Trump. The antivax crowd is pretty solidly Trump since he basically brought the new age into the Republican Party. My personal dumb take is that Trump was our first New Age president. He basically believes in The Secret and grew up in some radical think and grow rich preacher’s church. Makes the Yoga to Qanon pipeline make way more sense.
- Apocryphon 3y agoI think there is huge overlap between New Age woo and multi-level marketing schemes (or whatever products like Trump U are), but I don't think Trump himself is the first New Age president, even though somehow the Qanon cult of personality has sprung up around him based on truly esoteric magical thinking. We're going to have to wait for Jared Leto to run for office.