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does this suggest that trump will be a dictator for life?
yep, it sure is suggestive of that. :o 75%  75%  [ 9 ]
no, he doesn't mean it ;) 8%  8%  [ 1 ]
i'm not sure :shrug: 17%  17%  [ 2 ]
where's my ice cream? :chef: 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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29 Jul 2024, 1:54 am

auntblabby wrote:
David Frum predicted back in 2018, that the american right wing gave up on democratic means of getting what they want [their thumb over the rest of us], and were basically seeking a dictatorial strongman as the right's new means of getting what they want out of the rest of us [obedience/fealty to right wing thinking/behavior].


Yeah it also didn't work in another failed social experiment called apartheid South Africa. Right wingers there thought they could stage a coup against installing a democratic government.



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29 Jul 2024, 2:13 pm

a distressing development is that the media per se have become deaf and blind to what the trumpioid says and does. very little reporting of this event.



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29 Jul 2024, 3:11 pm

auntblabby wrote:
a distressing development is that the media per se have become deaf and blind to what the trumpioid says and does. very little reporting of this event.

Media sells advertising space by making news. trump is good for business.



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29 Jul 2024, 3:30 pm

cyberdad wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
a distressing development is that the media per se have become deaf and blind to what the trumpioid says and does. very little reporting of this event.

Media sells advertising space by making news. trump is good for business.

then the media should be making hay with this rather than ignoring it.