• Maoo [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    Bruh you've gotta use vague signals and let the think tanks work with journalists to manufacture consent first.

    • AlexisFR@jlai.lu
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      11 months ago

      Yeah, DeSantis should be good at this, sadly...

      I'm way more worried about this Facist than trump.

      • NaN@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        11 months ago

        Trump talks bigly but is not very effective.

        DeSantis is not charismatic at all but I think he would be effective at what he attempted to do.

        • autismdragon [he/him, comrade/them]
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          11 months ago

          I used to be very certain about the "Desantis is the effective fascist we warned you about" thing but more and more his buffoonery comes out, and I don't think he'll be president. That said, he's being pretty effective in Florida despite his buffoonery.

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              11 months ago

              It's also a good illustration of the failures of Liberal Democracy. I think Florida is like 51% red 49% blue.

          • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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            11 months ago

            A major problem with DeSantis is that he'd have more support from the military and the intelligence community than Trump, which is a massive problem if the GOP ever tries a more serious coup than Jan 6. I also think he's an actual true believer when it comes to racism and transphobia. Trump uses these strategically, DeSantis seems to have a real, burning wish to exterminate people.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        11 months ago

        Desantis is lagging Trump by 40 points. That could obviously change between now and '24, but he doesn't seem to have the juice for this.