Have the files actually been released yet or are we still in the process?
This is one of the aspects of MAGA that feels most alien to me. I see entire shops dedicated to Trump merch (fuck living in a red state). That’s so fucking weird. Bernie was cool, Obama… Had a nice personality, and mamdani seems pretty rad. I’d still never even think of buying more than a bumper sticker to show support for these people. They are politicians, not pop stars.
They aren’t supposed to be fawned over, they’re supposed to work a government job.
Why the fuck would I tie a foundational part of my personality and identity to a policy maker? That’s dumb as shit, especially coming from a group heavily invested in a religion that specifically forbids worshipping false idols.
Populism
Populism is weird as fuck.
Especially when it’s getting freaky in bed with Religion
It seems so classically gatekeeping to say “populism” because it implies that just because its popular with people it’s bad. Trump attracts grifters. They call themselves “entrepreneur” or “business minded” but it’s all a big ecosystem of ideology driven spending. It isn’t “popular with people” - it’s madness overtaking the gullible and uncurious.
Each and every one of his followers are ardent dollar chasers who see themselves as deserving of the same treatment as the wealthy elites. They are all at varying stages of luck and yet none will admit that luck has anything to do with success. They are delusional, not popular.
So it isn’t “populism” that drives merch. It’s the echo chamber of greed.
Populism is not the same as something just being popular though. It is pretty well defined political -ism.
But yeah populist personality cult is a closer descriptor, because not every populist movement entails the latter.
Because people see themselves in Trump. These people are “about to succeed” and see Trump as having had “made it”. It’s the party of projection. They think associating with Trump will increase their chances of “making it”. It’s kind of like those churches that tell you the more you give the more blessed you will become.
I honestly don’t understand the people that gets pop-stars merch either…
But at least, they liking somebody because they sing well is objectively less weird.
It sounds like you aren’t completely insane.
It’s a personality cult. He plays to their emotions and they lap it up, oblivious to the fact that he’s just using them. Expect the insanity to continue to escalate, until the Trump train runs into the brick wall of reality and the fantasy world he’s created collapses. I think the weakest link is the economy, in that he’s teeing up economic collapse. I figure we’ve got a year or two max before it all comes unglued. Things are going to be brutal.
Exactly thank you. I too see this shit. Literally Maga stores. I voted, knock doors and bought T shirts and bumper stickers when Bernie was running. But now I don’t wear any of that and even he had won I would not make him or any politician part of my personality.
I live in a very red state. If I were to put a Democrat bumper sticker on my car then my windows would get shot out
If there are Democrats in those files then most democratic voters would want those people investigated.
If there are Republicans in those files most republicans will just yell “fake news” or “witch hunt”.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Clinton Derangement Syndrome 😞
Think of all the things you could be doing with that money! You could be losing it all at the:
Clinton casino (bankrupt)
Clinton casino (bankrupt)
Clinton casino (bankrupt)
Clinton casino (bankrupt)
Clinton casino (bankrupt)Clinton University (bankrupt)
You can always go to complain at Bubba’s Social Media co. (Not bankrupt, more ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’)
Not to mention all the family and friends who no longer speak to me because of my fanatical, belligerent support for Bill Clinton.
Sure, but it’s worth it because despite his policies, his administration, and every single action he does, he says he cares about rural workers!
In their worldview, it’s the friends and family that have completely lost their minds. These people all have persecution complexes; they’re never the ones to do anything wrong, ever.
Is there Bubba merch? It could look like a giant straw, so I could, you know, slurp all that bubba tea all the way down.
I want to buy me some Bubba merch
I’m just over here wondering if Trump has a jacket with semen-stained lapels tucked away in a drycleaning bag…
That greedy little piggy noisily slurped up all the evidence not a drop was spilt
I do have a Noam Chomsky painting that I now need to replace. I’m grumpy about it. The size and color really ties a gallery wall together.
You’ll be alright.
what about clinton water?
Unironically tho boomer Dems that met Bill Clinton will pretty much defend him to the death
I don’t think there is a single democrat outside of your imagination that would defend Bubba to the death.
I’ve met quite a few that angrily storm out of the conversation if you bring up how often Clinton had him over.
You’re right tho, they probably wouldn’t die for him. Sorry for having fun.
You wouldn’t know what fun is if it fell out of the sky and landed on your face.
If fun as dense and serious as you it would probably just kill me
Or maybe it would just angrily storm out of the room.
Their mistake is thinking of themselves as Democrats. Instead of thinking of yourself as supporting a political party, you should think about what specific policies you support, and then vote for politicians who support those policies.
Once they viewed themselves as Democrats, their views become distorted, just like how MAGA constantly make excuses for some of the worst politicians this country has ever produced. The moment they thought of themselves as MAGA, the people on their team could do no wrong.
I could understand identifying as a political ideology, if you support that ideology. Like socialist, communist, or whatever. Those labels mean something. But Democrat, MAGA, Republican? Those are political parties that don’t inherently mean anything. They’re just team names. Hell, the Democrat and Republican parties essentially switched ideologies in the past.
