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Trump and his buffoon class havent done anything major in their lives beyond Attention Capture. We live in an Attention Economy that massively benefits Attenti
by nhdjd 1y ago
Trump and his buffoon class havent done anything major in their lives beyond Attention Capture.
We live in an Attention Economy that massively benefits Attention seekers.
So it become easy to mistake attention capture with getting complicated things done.
- krapp 1y ago>Trump and his buffoon class havent done anything major in their lives beyond Attention Capture. Tell that to California. Trump and his ilk are buffoons but they aren't simply putting on a show for the 'gram.
- DaSHacka 1y agoIt may have been a relatively slow response, but I don't think majorly so.
- rickydroll 1y agoCalifornia and ICE actions in general are important to address, but I believe they were created as a distraction from the authoritarian provisions of the BBB tax bill.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoSo? They're still real actions. Doesn't matter why they're being done, they're still happening. And if Trump is doing this just as a distraction (I'm not convinced), then would he be willing to invade Greenland as a distraction too?
- rickydroll 1y agoYou are right, they are still happening, and Trump's minions are cranking up the temperature so they can justify more authoritarian actions. They will use that. They'll use what's happening in LA to justify the need for more power vested in the president. You're right, we do need to do something about ICEis, but it is urgent we do something about the authoritarian measures in BBB.
- bananapub 1y agothey can be, and in fact are, both horrific actions as well as distractions. you need to deal with both the reality and the background at the same time rather than letting them get a pass for daily actions that would have had any previous president impeached and convicted.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoYou might believe that but their past behaviour, plans and reasoning have all been unpredictable and ostensibly irrational so there's really no reason to believe this over anything else. The next person could say they believe he wants to enact martial law, and the next could say it wasn't even an expected outcome. In fact I bet there would be as many seemingly reasonable beliefs as there would be people willing to comment on it. The only thing for sure is that we don't know and anyone outside the administration claiming a level of certainty around it is doing nothing more than confabulating.
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- Hikikomori 1y agoTrump is just the tool of the heritage Foundation and the federalist society, project 2025 is their plan. If trump goes against them he'll be out in no time and their true puppet can take his place, Vance.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoI don't know about Vance. I don't think he's a true believer, but I could be wrong. My best read on him is that his agenda is himself (to steal a line from Robert Parker). He's moving whichever way he needs to in order to continue to climb. I have no idea who he'd be as president. But that's my impression. He could be on board with Project 2025 (as opposed to parroting it).
- Hikikomori 1y agoHe worked for Thiel and his political career was funded by Thiel, is friends with him and Curtis Yarvin, who is the originator of many of the things they're doing in project 2025. He could be in it for himself and using them, but I think he's a believer as he keeps quoting and repeating ideas from Yarvin. I dont think that trump is a believer, he is using them to execute his revenge and gain power.