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In reply to the discussion: Here is how broken we are as a society. [View all]BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)If he was smarter and lied at around the level of the average human being, they'd still love him. As long as he gives voice to their fears, rage and feelings of impotence...and gives them license to hate.
We sometimes marvel at how counter to their own interests these people often act, and certainly vote. They don't care anywhere near as much about their own penury and precarious future as they do with being able to poke another, different person in the eye.
They'll go to their graves cursing liberals and immigrants for their lot in life. They'll rail that their pensions, if they still exist, force them to live in some relative's carport and eat pet food, and that's someone's fault, as well.
There are still Russians that long for the days of Stalin...although I'm sure that cult must literally be dying out, though.