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[–] [email protected] 160 points 2 weeks ago (21 children)

His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.

https://phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/osssection3pt1.htm

[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 weeks ago

It’s Cluster B. Alternative reality. Never to blame. They almost need enemies to work on to be themselves. Gaslight or verbally abuse those in disagreement lest your private reality break. No empathy. Chases power over scenarios.

We’re living inside the reality of a mental illness. And because it goes to the highest office, the fuckery is exponentially more.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

so basically fascism.

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Read the whole and thing and, wow. It's just unbelievable to me that people can support this man so fervently.

I guess it's what happens when you give people permission to be completely selfish and devoid of empathy. He's a fucking psychopath.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s what happens when you get your news in parts of the country where Fox and Sinclair own the airwaves. They make immigrants and democrats seem terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

add in some social media for the younger people and bam, recipe for fascism.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not psychopathy. But narcissistic personality disorder. If you know anyone who has lived with one, they can tell you it’s on the verge of psychopathy.

It’s crazy behavior and crazy talk because it’s mental illness, probably somewhere around 60 years untreated mental illness. And hallmarks of NPD are maintaining a personal alternative reality, mentally tearing apart anyone disagreeing with that alternative reality, and no empathy.

I’m sick to death of no one talking about it and calling it what it is. We can talk about Biden’s dementia but not this?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Its just standard brainwashing. It’s not even complicated. It’s all right out in the open.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Is he aware that Germany lost?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I expect he is a slow reader. He may not have gotten to that part of the book yet.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He said his favorite book is Mein.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe he has good associations with that word because when he said lo mein at a Chinese restaurant a plate of greasy noodles arrived

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Reminds me of the theory explaining why he say other countries are emptying their "insane asylums".

He was told immigrants are seeking asylum, has zero clue what that means, and determined that it meant countries are emptying mental hospitals and sending their patients to the US.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

In fairness, the one he's read ends before that.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Bad ones, weak enough to listen to me"

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I read this entire article, and it made me sad. Because the guy's probably going to win. The people who need to read this article simply won't, and they will continue to believe what he tells them.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The people who need to read the article would, and then complain that it's all lies to denigrate Trump. It's a sick joke that I have family members who, "respect the military and those who serve", but continue to tout Trump as a Messianic figure to save America. The brainwashing/rot is real.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

They're going to agree.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

the only trump supporters who would bother reading this article are the ones who would be happy to hear trump invoke hitler.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Let's help make sure he doesn't win. Make sure that dems turn out to vote!

Help volunteer for dems around you

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Goddamn. And he's potentially president a second time.

Trump has already caused significant damage. If he wins, we can expect things to get really bad.

But even if he loses, look at what he's done. He truly believes personal gain is the only thing someone should ever value. There is no justice for someone like that, other than taking it all away. Forcing him to realize that humanity has only survived because we can work together for collective gain.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can't wait to hear how this gets sane washed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

"He meant to say genitals!"

[–] ohellidk 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

what's his obsession with ballsacks about? wasn't he just talking about Arnold Palmers junk, now this? kinda sus...

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There was no evidence of election irregeluarities in 2020, and Trump's "deny everything, and always claim victory" has included admissions by him that there was no evidence, but the philosophy was more important. Generals supporting sending an army to assist insurection, or other unconstitutional acts such as rounding up all Haitians in a city, because a neighbour reported their cat missing, with suspicion of one neighbour (cat came back next day).

This is as serious of a concern as his promise to provide absolute immunity to all police abuse. Israel's token concession to ICJ to prosecute rape torture of prisoners, would turn out the same in USA, if Trump supremacists destroy everything with immunity, and those not happy about Trump fascism get fascisted.

[–] ayyy 18 points 1 week ago

There was plenty of evidence of election irregularities. People have gone to jail for stuffing extra votes for Trump.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He means the ones that got tired of hitler and tried to kill him.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Don't you think he looks tired?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wow, tankies may actually drop the mask and openly support their orange hero

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

No problem dude, we'll put a few of them on your upcoming juries.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

As long as they are like von Stauffenberg I would be okay with it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Personally none of the things this article says surprise me. But unfortunately, the author doesn't seem to provide any sources for Trumps statements, only the denials of those statements. Idk if people are just scared and want to remain anonymous or what but it loses integrity when people refuse to identify themselves or rather when A reporters article doesn't have sources like this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Idk if people are just scared and want to remain anonymous or what but it loses integrity when people refuse to identify themselves

Better than someone losing their life for not remaining anonymous IMO.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

peace loving guy who definitely won't start an unwinnable war

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

This is what the GOP wants for our future.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Why? There's not a world war. Unless he's planning for one.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

His MAGA flock will love him more. He is sticking it the Liberals. Making them cry.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

You don't deserve the kind of generals Hitler had. That's why you have JD Vance and Elon Musk.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Isn't he up to destroy the USA? And rebuild it brand new like he wants it to be? 'All hail the emperor King Donald, 1st'?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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