I'm listening to a podcast about the Jonestown massacre.

[raccoon]

Jim Jones was a lot like...you know who.

[Aristus]

1. In some ways. And not in a lot of others.

Trump is simply a not-very-bright, self-important braggart who lucked into being born to a wealthy family, and developed the knack for failing upward. I can listen to recordings of his speeches and simply roll my eyes at his thundering idiocy and the way other thundering idiots respond to him.

Listening to a recording of Jim Jones is a profoundly chilling experience. Although Jones falls into some of the same word-salad cadences as Trump, his message is horribly frightening. I don't think it's hyperbole to say it's like listening to Satan. Concrete Blonde used a snippet of one of Jones's last speeches in their song "Jonestown", and I find myself shaking by the time the speech gives way to the song.

[ret5hd]

2. Alabama 3's song "Mao Tse Tung Said" also has some Jim Jones recordings: