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Laws don't apply to powerful people (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 74 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I still don't get why he's got any power. He's easily the stupidest person I've ever seen, and that includes fictional TV characters. Why did anyone ever listen to anything he ever said?

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  • [–] 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

    Because the republicans have slowly but surely dismantled public education, and always prevented any media literacy initiatives to take root, while using religion to amplify these effects. There's a German musician named Reinhardt May who had the following line in his song "Sei Wachsam"("Be Aware"): (Edit: i realized a better translation to preserve the exact meaning would be "Be on your guard")

    Der Minister nimmt flüsternd den Bischof beim Arm: Halt du sie dumm, -- ich halt' sie arm!

    (poorly) translated:

    The minister whispers to the bishop, touching his arm:
    You keep them dumb, i'll keep them poor.

    The song in its totality is now 30 years old, and can't be beaten in actuality.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBo34ycvkw for a live recording, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGjpz1feBsU for english lyrics.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Thanks for that, that was really good

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Np. I was a kid when my parents where listening to him in the car. He has a lot of upbeat and outright funny songs too, all with very well done lyrics (he is a poet, after all) which is why i liked him as a kid. I do not listen to him on the regular because i like other genres more, but he had a lasting influence on me regarding my taste in lyrics.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Because he's a figure head. He's the stupid barely a billionaire face that the Epstein class has no trouble controlling. Perfect blackmail and bribery target.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    He's not a figurehead, he's a scapegoat. Their hope is that we hate him so much that we'll be so relieved and satisfied with his end that we don't come after them for everything they've stolen in the interim.

    When his reign is over, be happy, but do not be satisfied.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    He's an accurate ambassador for his base. They're all like him.

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