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7. Well, maybe by "chaos" we're speaking of different things:

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 11:47 PM

Aug 2025

How Autocrats Weaponize Chaos -Time.com

Trump is a chaos monster because of his impulsivity and willful ignorance of policy and history, but, at the same time, he uses chaos as a potent tool of disruption. Like many dictators and would be autocrats before him, Trump consciously or unconsciously recognizes that confusion and mayhem create a fertile petri dish in which fear and anger thrive—the perfect environment in which a demagogue, practiced in the art of propaganda, can rise to power and persuade followers to support policies that defy common decency and common sense, not to mention their own self interest.

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IMPORTANT POLL ON THE POWER OF TRUMP!!! [View all] Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 OP

He is omnipotent until someone stands up to him and stops him. Examples: usonian Aug 2025 #1

He has been stopped, stalled, or dissuaded numerous times Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #2

How bout a selection for B.See Aug 2025 #3

I think he is closer to total chaos than total control. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #4

problem being, B.See Aug 2025 #5

Chaos is not the path to control Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #6

Well, maybe by "chaos" we're speaking of different things: B.See Aug 2025 #7

Chaos gives him power, but it doesn't give him control Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #8

Only if no one stands up to him newdeal2 Aug 2025 #9

Harvard is standing up to him Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #10

Last I read they are readying a settlement newdeal2 Aug 2025 #11

The president of Harvard denies any settlement is being negotiated. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #12