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Cyrano

(15,041 posts)
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 01:37 PM Mar 28

Is there something wrong with someone who peddles sneakers, steaks, bibles,

university degrees, vodka, neckties, furniture, mattresses, eyeglasses, deodorant, coffee, water, and even a personalized vitamin kit that was determined by a urine test? (Google it. He was involved in all of these scams at one time or another.)

There was a time when such a man would have been tarred, feathered and run out of town. Today, he's running for president.

Which means this isn't really about him It's about the incredible gullibility/ignorance/stupidity of tens of millions of
American voters. They don't understand the implications of his winning/stealing the Oval Office. They don't understand that he will be dictator for life. They don't understand that democracy will be gone. They don't understand that they will be slaves to the Orange Fuhrer. (The GOP operation to suppress votes, and steal them outright in a handful of states, might just be enough to win the electoral college.)

Were this to happen, he wouldn't have to worry about how to peddle kiddie porn or other sewerage. He'd have total control. And if you don't know what that means, read or reread George Orwell's masterpiece "1984." It will tell you everything you need to know about "TrumpWorld."

Can this come to be? You bet it can. We can vote, beat him by millions, and still lose. (Hillary won the popular vote by about three million votes. Joe Biden beat him by about seven million votes, yet just squeaked through the electoral college.)

Here's the bottom line, people. The bible salesman and his minions could gain control of the levers of power in America. And even if Dems win the Senate and House, does anyone really think he'll pay any attention to them. He'd declare Martial Law on day one for some lame reason. And his cronies on the Supreme Court wouldn''t/couldn't do shit about it.

This is where we are right now. And forget about any of the court cases against him ever coming to fruition. The American justice system isn't built to prevent a coup d'etat.

As much as I want to see us win it all in November, we're playing it straight against a rigged deck. Somehow, someway, we must change the dynamics. We would have to be insane to give up our country to a gang of barbarian cutthroats while we scrupulously played by all the rules of the game.

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Ocelot II

(115,719 posts)
1. Yup, the really sad and distressing aspect of Trump's influence is that
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 01:55 PM
Mar 28

so many people believe him and even worship him as a sort of messiah. I'm sorely disheartened to realize that we have to share this country with a whole lot of people who are so gullible, dumb and mean that they are eager to buy what he's selling - not just his shitty, worthless merch but his vicious, hateful ideas. Makes me want to hole up in a cabin in the woods and wait for him to die. But even so, the mean, dumb people will still be around and will start looking for another demagogue to make them feel good about their sorry selves.

Irish_Dem

(47,114 posts)
3. Some of Trump's cult know exactly what they are doing.
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 02:08 PM
Mar 28

- The billionaire and foreign donors pay for a useful puppet to damage democracy.
-The Harvard and Yale educated attorneys who desire wealth and power at any cost.
-The racist, hateful foot soldiers who live in a paranoid world and want "revenge."
-Those with no moral core who admire a con artist and criminal.

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)
6. It is the well educated who are the worst.
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 02:52 PM
Mar 28

They understand the barbarism that Trump can bring if he held full power. And that's exactly what they want to share in. They want to practice their depravities and fantasies with no penalties. They want to "get even" with those they hate. They want absolute power, and if millions die as a result, they don't care. They want it all.

Trump is an imbecile, but he's their ticket to absolute power.

If/when he's gone from the scene, these educated enablers should top the lists for crimes (or intended crimes) against humanity. They must be made to answer for their part in the destruction (or attempted destruction) of democracy. -- Some of them have been pardoned by ex-president Trump, some of them are in congress, some of them believe their wealth will protect them , but all of them are guilty of trying to create a world that Adolf would have admired. This is who and what his "educated" enablers are. They can't be left free to try again.

Irish_Dem

(47,114 posts)
7. I agree. They are the worst.
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 03:03 PM
Mar 28

They know what they are doing is wrong.
They know exactly what laws they are breaking.
They know they are destroying democracy.

But they do it for wealth and power.

Yes some of them have so much anger and hatred, they want to destroy things.

Others don't have that degree of hate for others, but they see killing Americans
as just collateral damage in their quest for money and power.
It is indifference.

I do not know if or when they will be held accountable.
Some of them are wealthy, powerful, well connected.
Some hold federal office.
So it is doubtful American judges will go after them.

SWBTATTReg

(22,130 posts)
4. It tells me that the moron is broke. Flat out broke and desperate for money. It's a pretty pathetic picture of
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 02:20 PM
Mar 28

the so-called 'Billionaire', shown at his worse.

Why is he always harping for money from his 'marks'? Why is he harping stupid little worthless little do dads, for an absurd price?

usonian

(9,810 posts)
5. It's the American Dream
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 02:30 PM
Mar 28


Donnie just wanted both.

Americans just have to stop gambling, buying stolen ( stollen? ) goods, and certain illicit drugs.
Let alone vodka, steaks, lies, conspiracy theories, automatic weapons and racist hate speech.
Dang KKK are wearing black robes instead of white ones (6 that I know of)

Wonder if there’s already a meme out there about the wardrobe swap.

Cyrano

(15,041 posts)
8. Not everyone knows that the picture is Ray Liotta in "Goodfellas."
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 03:08 PM
Mar 28

It's a movie about gangsters who ignore all the rules and take what they want.

They get away with everything, until they don't.

Donald Trump ignores the rules and has always taken what he wants.

For the tens of millions who don't "get it," Donald Trump is a gangster.

He might be stopped. Or he may get away with everything. Stay tuned.

CANADIANBEAVER69

(342 posts)
9. If TSF wins (rigged, sorry) everyone who
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 05:41 PM
Mar 28

worships him now, will join whatever army / SS / personal guards TSF sets up. They are chompin' at the bit to start playing their civil war games for real. They be training for years. They will Handmaid Tale the sh*t out of your country, and do it all with those worship glitter dead eyes and a rabid smile.

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