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[–] 46 points 1 year ago (5 children)

They like him specifically because he has the temperament and vocabulary of a 5 year old. Cause they do too, which makes him sound "real" instead of someone talking down to them. They don't care about any of his actual policies. They don't care about what he does. They barely care about what he actually says. All they care about is he makes them feel okay about being ignorant and bigoted.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It has been absolute whiplash to realize this over the last decade. I used to laugh at the old carlin joke of "imagine how dumb the average person is. Half of them are dumber than that." I knew that there were a lot of idiots out there, but I believed that they were at least kind hearted idiots that could learn a lesson one way or another. Apparently I set the bar too high. I genuinely cannot adequately express how disappointed I am with my fellow countrymen every single day.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    if it's any consolation, even more americans than that are just too apathetic (or too damn tired, overworked, and overstressed) to pay attention to politics at all unless it immediately effects them on a day-to-day basis

    oh wait, that just makes it even worse

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You'd think these people would be just the dumb ones doing crappy jobs but I've seen Maga types in high positions in engineering as well, boogles my mind that someone educated would make such bad choices and harbor so much illogical haterated

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