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I’m sorry my ass is too lazy to do two separate loads 😭😭😭

woke is alive and well in the state of New York alhamdulilah

Thinking about how to combat this, I realize that probably the most effective way to break this cycle is to make it so that no one wishes to relate to him, like for example, if he were, perchance, outed as not just a pedophile, but an accomplice to the most infamous pedophile ring…..

knew someone posted something along these lines a while back so shoutout to @abeardedpanda.bsky.social
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Oh god and the memetic hazard hypothesis is supported further by the fact that his specific style of far right populism has spread like a virus across the globe

And continuing to think about it, I realize that may be one of the reasons “Teflon Don”: When everyone sees some of themselves in someone, to criticize said person would be to criticize themselves.

also apologies for the ramble this probably could have been condensed into like three posts had I given it like 15 minutes more to cook and organize

QED: Donald Trump is a memetic hazard unleashed upon the world.

They effectively spread this concept of a man to whom anyone could relate in one way or another and of whom they could project onto, all because of his ability to assimilate and appropriate cultures to service his goals.

This applied not only to the individuals that composed the electorate, but to the institutions tasked with covering him. News and media orgs were able to mold and manipulate his identity to fit their bottom line precisely because there wasn’t an exact identity to begin with, and in doing so,

Each disguising the origins and subtle biases associated with the others. In this way was he able to become a juggernaut of a feigned and vague relatability, allowing almost anyone to project their identity and, crucially, their hopes and dreams onto him.

In effect creating a broader sense of relatability without alienating him within his own community. This skill, then, could easily be transferred to the appropriation of other cultures, most notably that of the WWC in 2016, creating a nesting doll of communication styles,

and as as such, had somewhat of a headstart in its adoption. His identity as a WASP, then, acted as a bridge to appropriate this style of humor, as, coming from being raised within significant generational wealth, he could easily wrap black humor in the language of upper class NYers,

Starting with his style of humor, it very obviously derives from the sass-heavy humor that originated from black culture and percolated through white queer culture as its spearhead into the mainstream. Trump, raised in Queens, no doubt was exposed to this humor during his upbringing,

Was thinking about how Trump’s almost instinctive command of the attention economy came to surpass nearly everyone else’s and realized that it is, at least in part, because he is “America” in its most bastardized form: An amalgamation of our cultures bastardized to meet his own ends.

may the 3000 cheese bread footlongs of allah make their way to this brave warrior

“Trump’s success is due, at least in part, his role in the arbitration of clout” is the sorta thing that will roll around my head for the foreseeable future

oh fuck you might be right

Lmao they 100% added a base prompt along the lines of “be a fierce defender of Jewish faith and safety” after the mechahilter episode

hornyposting on main is bold

also real as hell

whether someone subconsciously recognizes some atrocities as more relevant than others then must be raised.

See, I’d sympathize with this pov if it weren’t for the fact that there exist historically significant genocides, like the Bosnian genocide, whose death tolls have already been surpassed by the Gazan genocide. Ofc, if that is known and ignored, the more uncomfortable question of

at a loss for words

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Same thought. And I know she feels incomprehensible guilt since she was so close to preventing this (even though the loss was more or less out of her control)

That moment in between the “told you so” offer and her answer holds thousands of thoughts and emotions, and we could see them all clearly on her face, punctuated universally by an “and yet”, the answer to which clearly broke a fundamental belief within her about our country.

Fully convinced now of the “Harris was one of the few democrats that actually believed in the threat of a Trump 2” theory solely from the fact that I haven’t seen that look of despondency and disgust from almost any other elected official.

THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

hitting like absolute crack may Bessent be having the worst day possible

I mean, if the liberation day tariffs had held and there weren’t a pause, you probably would’ve been right

I… actually can get behind this