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the phenomenon of going right wing after committing crimes so you can find a sympathetic ear feels rather troubling, especially because it seems to work no matt
by micromacrofoot 2y ago
the phenomenon of going right wing after committing crimes so you can find a sympathetic ear feels rather troubling, especially because it seems to work no matter how blatant it is
- javajosh 2y agoWhat better way to "own the libs" than to openly transgress against sacrosanct values? There is a certain power when you demonstrate that shame, consistency, or principle has no hold on you. To avoid the internal backstabbing this would entail, you also need to convince the audience that it's all a kind of kayfabe, make-believe, and that you really ARE principled and trustworthy with your people, or for some short period of time to achieve a goal. It's foolish, but the world is full of foolish people believing simply because it feels good. Reality has no place in this calculus. This is NOT a partisan problem.
- efnx 2y agoI reflexively agree, but what other folks have blantantly switched like this that you know of?
- mizzao 2y agoEric Adams, for one.
- Apocryphon 2y agoRussell Brand
- notahacker 2y agoOddly enough, Russell's political transformation came long before the world's least surprising revelations, probably because he'd got to the point of his "revolution" where the left considered him tiresome and the pandemic was a reboot opportunity. Elon is the starkest example of "journalist contacts him about historic allegations that were never going to amount to anything other than embarrassment and within a couple of hours he's come out as a Republican and therefore rendered himself immune to shame over personal indiscretions of the sort only Teh Wokes care about". Again, trending that way because he was genuinely annoyed at pandemic regulations and not a fan of Teh Wokes but interesting to see how far he's taken it...
- evan_ 2y agoBlagojevich
- misiti3780 2y agohe was setup though.
- wasimanitoba 2y agoHe was hilariously brazen in his attempt to sell a Senate seat. His attempt to claim it was all a conspiracy against him was even more hilarious.
- bdangubic 2y agoTrump
- gengwyn 2y agoHe was always right-wing coded so not really a switch, but Andrew and Tristan Tate are two huge ones that did the grift and it's played out for them.
- jxjnskkzxxhx 2y agoIt also shows that every powerful/influential person knows which party is the most dishonest one.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoMusk famously "switched" after sexual harassment allegations against him came out.
- agoodusername63 2y agoMusk was always one of those "both sides" libertarian tech bros that usually just end up right wing. Well before he became a household name with SpaceX and Tesla. It reminds me of the joke: "libertarians are just Republicans who smoke weed"
- cmrdporcupine 2y agofrankly he played a pseudo-progressive sheen when he was dating Grimes, at least at first btw the way i always heard it was "libertarians are just Republicans who are into S&M" not sure that's aged well but truly all the ayn rand types i first met when i was young were actually into S&M