• Trump Rapes Kids@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Strong leadership really can prevent wars… but shitting your pants on camera, double tapping a school full of little girls, shitting your pants on camera, starting a pointless war because someone from another country told you to, being unable to read from a teleprompter, shitting your pants on camera, getting publicly embarrassed over and over by the country you attacked, falling asleep on camera constantly, shitting your pants on camera, demolishing a third of your own Presidential Palace so it’s a gaping hole in the ground, and shitting your pants on camera aren’t signs of a strong leader.

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      2 days ago

      Strong leadership really can prevent wars…

      Idk what “strong” leadership is supposed to mean in this context. Because, in the American context, strength is directly correlated with a leader’s willingness to inflict unimaginable pain and suffering on one’s domestic and global opposition.

      shitting your pants on camera, double tapping a school full of little girls, shitting your pants on camera, starting a pointless war…

      Terror campaigns have a long and historically effective track record. Whether or not you’re cotenant when you press the big red button hardly matters.

      The problem with fascist governments is that they’re very good at extracting enormous amounts of wealth from vulnerable people. So they produce a vicious cycle of assault, extraction, re-arming, renewed assault. Liberals heckling from the sides with “Haha, he poopie his panties!” doesn’t change any of that.

      Trump’s allies are gaining wealth, sovereign territory, and an expanded role in the state bureaucracy. I don’t see anyone willing to acknowledge that. And so, once he’s scattered his fascist seeds, I question whether anyone will remember to pull them back out again before the next harvest.