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> he is this country, in spirit and in soul. He is half of this country. That is a very important distinction.
by stickfigure 2y ago
> he is this country, in spirit and in soul.
He is half of this country. That is a very important distinction.
- ToucanLoucan 2y agoIt's half of the people, it's the whole country. Our systems, the way we organize society, the behavior we reward, the people we idolize all fall under this. Every major (and minor!) industry is led by Trumps, tech included. Every business has a man at the top of it with not an insignificant amount in common with Trump. That's not a coincidence, it's an ongoing process. A system's purpose is what it does, and our system makes Trumps on an industrial scale. Almost every boy in America goes through a phase, at least, of wanting to be Trump: to be rich, so goddamn rich that he can do anything he wants and just pay it off, and a distressing number of them never grow out of it, and to be clear, that is a rational response. They have witnessed firsthand with their eyes, in their movies, in the world around them, by virtue of who wins, that Trumps win. All you have to do is talk smooth, accept no responsibility, assert your dominance over reality itself over and over and over, and our system will, far more often than not, reward you handsomely.
- stickfigure 2y agoI have no idea what you just said. Industry lead by Trumps? You're generalizing and stereotyping far too much. This world would be a lot better off with less generalizing and stereotyping all 'round.
- lynx23 2y ago[flagged]
- selimthegrim 2y agoBerke Breathed captured this pretty accurately before he shut down Bloom County the first time.
- doubleyou 2y agoLess than 1/3 of eligible voters voted for him 77/244 million https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/10-things-to-know-2024-presidential-election/ https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/10-things-to-know-202...