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[–]StillLessons 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Trump has a gift for reading the room and channeling the rage he finds. The mainstream story is that Trump has created the age of rage, but that is a profound misreading of the population who supports him. The vote has never - since 2015 - been pro-Trump. It's been anti the status quo for the past 7 years. Trump has the gift of treating pompous asshats with the disdain they deserve. That's all he has, however. He's not interested in governing. He just enjoys the theater of it. He loves playing to the crowd. His rallies are where he is at home, not in the office he ran for.

This is the challenge. Simply in his treatment of the self-entitled ruling class, he is spot on and is actually performing a useful function. We the people need to develop this ability and strength to view these schmucks (in both parties) with the absolute disdain they deserve. He shows the way for that. BUT, at the same time, someone needs to be designing and implementing the architecture to a new path forward, reinvigorating the tools of individual rights and responsibilities and stripping power away from "the beast" - that centralized inhuman monster that has been thriving on human souls for well over a century. A.k.a. the corporatocracy, the medical/educational/military-industrial complexes, etc. Trump has no skillset for this. In fact, he has sucked at the beast's tit as much as any of the other piggish brethren he so joyously mocks. He has no desire to stop the milk flowing.

If someone who did have that skillset could gain his trust and work behind the scenes doing the real work, that team would be a superpower. Unfortunately, because Trump doesn't really care about the truth of re-creating liberty, only the show of it, I doubt there will be any progress whatsoever if he gets in again. The best he might do would be to stall the slide for another few years while they all get distracted hyperventilating over his presence, distracting them from their more destructive pass-times. That's the summary of his first four years: he kept them busy and distracted them. Nothing more (but also nothing less, because that alone is something).

Maybe at least that would give a little breathing room so things on the ground could move forward against a slightly diminished headwind. That would be something, perhaps.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Solid assessment.

Maybe at least that would give a little breathing room so things on the ground could move forward against a slightly diminished headwind. That would be something, perhaps.

I think we should just elect Elon Musk as President. It's not unprecedented to hand a country over to a foreigner to fix. I mean it seems weird, but they used to do it all the time. We need a good leader, not these political games. In normal times we can let the crooked suits go about cashing in as much as they can, politics as usual. But we have real problems that need to be dealt with, and our political class is not up to the job. They're just empty useless profiteers. We need what Donald Trump failed to be. We still need those problems fixed and now a whole heap more.

If that doesn't tell us we don't need a new engineer for this train I don't know what does.

[–]Rusty_Foster 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I don't care if he is a racist and homophobe he had cheap gas and a nice economy. Even niggers had their lowest unemployment rate/ What did Biden and Obama do for niggers anyway?

[–]xpat 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Gay marriage.......

[–]Rusty_Foster 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Gay Nigger Association of America.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

People are idiots. Most of Trump's ventures fail. He sells his name, and he sells confidence in his brand. That's what he's good at. Con man is short for confidence man.

His wall failed, his healthcare reform failed, he failed to reduce drug or insulin prices, he failed to drain the swamp, his social media site failed, his election challenge failed.

His vaccine is a HUGE failure. That's him, guys. Project Warp Speed. He paved the road we're on.

That's a lot of failure and that's not a comprehensive list.

Trump is a very charismatic man, but he's a failure.

[–]asterias 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Despite his shortcomings, Trump was far better than the alternatives. Those who spent their energy protesting him over the usual leftist demands would be better off spending this energy on something constructive.

[–]Tiwaking 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

asterias 2 insightful - 1 fun - 1 day ago Despite his shortcomings, Trump was far better than the alternatives. Those who spent their energy protesting him over the usual leftist demands would be better off spending this energy on something constructive.

What do Americans like? Americans like Oil Americans like Money Americans like A Future
Trump gave them all these things
Joe Biden Took Them All Away

[–]Tiwaking 1 insightful - 4 fun1 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

America is infested with 81 million traitors.

[–]StillLessons 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The number of actual traitors is impossible to know, because the voting tally offering us that number was falsified. The current administration was appointed by the political class, no vote required, just the power to count the votes. The United States used to think this was a problem in "less developed" societies. Guess what? It's come home. The corrupt class has taken power, as they often do: by stealing the voting process. The question is how to expose them and show those who weren't paying attention, now are, and might just be willing to open their eyes to how this was done.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

There's a difference between "voted for someone you don't like" vs "traitor"

[–]Tiwaking 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

poompIndependent 2 insightful - 1 fun - 4 hours ago There's a difference between "voted for someone you don't like" vs "traitor"

Vote for a Traitor
Become a Traitor

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I guess, but a lot of people aren't thinking about it that deeply or they don't really know that much about the candidates. They're not traitors so much as they're just ignorant.

[–]Tiwaking 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

poompIndependent 2 insightful - 1 fun - 8 hours ago I guess, but a lot of people aren't thinking about it that deeply or they don't really know that much about the candidates. They're not traitors so much as they're just ignorant.

Live in Ignorance
Die in Ignorance

[–]sproketboy 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Where is u/socks !

[–]aaarrgh 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Americans yes, but what do the machines think?

[–]cisheteroscumNational Justice Party 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Trump is a fat Jewish buttgoy and we do not want him back

We want like, Andrew Jackson back

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think they just want the blue lefties and MSM to be all butt hurt and they know Trump will do it in spades.

[–]chottohen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Any functioning adult who is not a democrat or an Israeli puppet, but I repeat myself.

[–]xpat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think he had his time and now he lost steam but the other options are still worse. He was kinda cool, like he would say things without caring about political correctness.