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[–] 27 points 7 months ago (8 children)

It’s like the weird bit from Ender’s Game where his siblings become internet trolls pretending to be in opposition to each other, except within one guy, within one house.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    yeah it's fascinating that Card foresaw this kind of social influencing while being a very odd (religious conservative and game developer fiction writer) mix, but then he went wacko:

    Card described an alternative future in which President Barack Obama ruled as a "Hitler- or Stalin-style dictator" with his own national police force of young unemployed men; Obama and his wife Michelle would have amended the U.S. Constitution to allow presidents to remain in power for life, as in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Nazi Germany.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, projection is common among conservative types.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    So close, except that it's Trump who has created his own private police force comprised of unemployed men and is trying to stay president for life.

    Every conservative accusation really is a confession.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, Card turning into a nutter turned me off his work and recomemding it.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    Partly agree about liking him as an author. He can pound sand because of bis politics, for sure. He is pretty much a one trick pony. The majority of his lead characters are all child messiahs or some variant of child with special powers. Heck, one of them (Earthfall) is pretty much a character ripoff of Joseph and his cloak of many colors in the bible. So after reading a few of his books you’ve kinda seen them all.

    That said, I really liked the Ender series, as well as The Redemption of Christopher Columbus.

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