Never feel bad for him, he knows what he's doing and how outrageous he sounds and even if he doesn't his brain rot is 100% deserved for being such a piece of shit.
"Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past."
Replace anti Semite with racist, Nazi, Trump, or republican at this point and you'll understand what Trump is doing.
I mean, i dont actually feel bad for him, but i also dont really think he’s a fascist. To say that means that he’s spent more than 5 seconds thinking about an actual ideology that isnt motivated purely by his own ego and impulses, which i dont buy
i also dont really think he’s a fascist.
The US is a para-fascist state and many of its citizens are fascists, including our president.
Yeah, he doesn’t know he’s a facist does not matter when he does a bunch fash shit.
Speaking of... anyone still missing from the rental mini van snatchings?
Im not speaking to any of the actions of the government, which yeah are objectively fascist. Im saying he doesnt have the capacity to actually do anything for ideological reasons. He’s being brutal to protestors because they make him feel bad and he wants to make them feel bad, thats the extent of his thinking
Playing this guessing game on what people are thinking is futile. What are his actions? Why do you think you know why he’s being brutal?
Sure, not disagreeing with that, i just dont ascribe any ideology to Trump as an individual because it seems pretty clear to me that he just goes on impulse. And while his impulses, and therefore his actions, are often fascistic, just dont think he is an ideological actor
He surrounded himself with fascists and now they tell him what to do. He is fascist and his actions are fascist.
My humble critique is that everything Trump does, stupid or not, is in the interest of upholding capitalism which makes it inherently fascist. I would say the ideology Trump subscribes to is capitalism, which would still put him down as a fascist.
He's at best a stooge that's being manipulated by the reactionary elements within the government telling him "Oh yeah it'll really own the libs if you do this" and he just drools while mumbling about maga.
cannot WaAiiIIitT to have the "is Trump actually fascist" argument from inside of a prison camp. it's gonna be lit.
There are reports from his ex wife that Trump kept a copy of Mein Kampf on his bedside table, so I dunno
This is a rumor which has been garbled up by constant retellings. The actual claim is that he had a book of Hitler's speeches. Considering Hitler was considered to be a skilled and compelling speaker, that makes much more sense. Trump doesn't know what a fascist is.
Just sheets of printer paper, each with a graph at 110% zoom. He couldn't even be bothered to find a paper clip. Also, low-key flex by the interviewer to cross his legs.
Not a good look to compare the US body count to that of a tyrant vampire with magic powers
I couldn't watch that shit. It was like one of those cringe videos where the second hand embarrassment is actually painful
This comes off as one of those "testy interview" bits where they go in ahead of time knowing how to play it.
