• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    12 days ago

    But later on people who had been alive then had no idea he was like this and voted for him in three different elections.

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        12 days ago

        It’s frustrating but a laaaarge proportion of people who voted for him didn’t pay attention to politics so didn’t know, or care to look it up, and just bought the propaganda that “conservatives good for economy”.

        So when they were struggling under a non Republican, they voted that way.

        It’s dumb and frustrating, and I know there are plenty of people who do know and don’t care, or support their horrible views… But a decent chunk didn’t

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          11 days ago

          It is easy to forget the indirect causes of him becoming president (twice), such as a failing opposition and the two-party system, corruption (as in large companies can buy policies), biased media, ever increasing polarisation, an economic system that puts the interest of the haves against the interests of the have-nots. I think most people here understand the situation in the US is not that of one evil mastermind who bedazzled everyone, but sometimes I do get the feeling people choose to take the easy way and consider his voting based stupid, self-centered or naive without consideration for the external circumstances. Not saying the voters aren’t to blame, but there is a lot more at play than a little bit of propaganda by the Republican Party.

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        12 days ago

        He didn’t say NY, he said tallest building in downtown manhatten.

        That sounds more likely to be factually correct, but of course he’s still a psychopathic narcissist who’s clinincally incapable of understanding that other people feel pain.

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    12 days ago

    Woah this guy should be president and we ahould let him do whatever he wants. -americans for some reason

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      12 days ago

      It would have been so good if it only were to happen in US, but it seems people worldwide are absolute shite and they keep electing this kind.