• BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    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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      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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        No single issue has had a more significant impact on my perception of humanity than the popularity of Donald Trump.

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        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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      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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      I would prefer a 5 year old as POTUS. Give them some ice cream, fries and something to do (not to difficult) and they’re happy. No unlimited greed or hatred for others.