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(14,318 posts) Tue Oct 14, 2025, 10:50 AM Oct 2025

Trump and GOP strategy

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Trump and GOP strategy (Original Post) surfered Oct 2025 OP

Good but also, per Arendt, tRump/Vought/Thiel want you to think everything is lies and distrust the truth Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #1

A good case can be made from history gab13by13 Oct 2025 #2

If you showed this to MAGAs, they would think it only applies to Dems progressoid Oct 2025 #3

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

1. Good but also, per Arendt, tRump/Vought/Thiel want you to think everything is lies and distrust the truth

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 10:55 AM

Oct 2025

You see it on DU, expressed as reflex automatic cynicism that indicates a closed mind. In our case, DU, a leftist mind but still a closed mind in the always-cynics. They have succumbed and tRump/Vought/Thiel cheer auto-cynics because they are less likely to vote ("politicians are all the same" ) and less likely to be motivated to protest ("it is useless" ).

gab13by13

(32,789 posts)

2. A good case can be made from history

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 11:09 AM

Oct 2025

that most civilizations fell because of lies.

progressoid

(53,389 posts)

3. If you showed this to MAGAs, they would think it only applies to Dems

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 11:28 AM

Oct 2025

They still think there is a liberal media that bows to Biden/Obama/Clinton.

They have no sense of introspection. They have no idea that this meme is about them.

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