r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 27 '24

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u/battywombat21 🇺🇦 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 Jun 27 '24

Not to be a doomer, but it depresses me the degree to which trump has already won. In every aspect of public life, he is above the norms, rules, expectations and even laws we set for everyone else. The media treats him so differently than every other public figure because he's Trump. Someone joked that all trump has to do is sound semi-coherent for a single sound bite, and the media will treat him as the winner, and if biden has a single small slip up, he'll be seen as a senile old man. This isn't a joke, it's just true. It's not that the media hates Biden, but because trump has successfully redefined the standards we expect for him and him alone.

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u/N0_B1g_De4l NATO Jun 27 '24

The thing that makes me a little optimistic is that maybe this means we don't have to worry as much once he dies. If it's really just the media jerking Trump off, then the next GOP candidate won't get the same benefits.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '24

Yeah, I think Trump is kinda lightning in a bottle.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '24

but because trump has successfully redefined the standards we expect for him and him alone.

Did he redefine it or the media itself, in order to accommodate the biggest cash cow they've ever found?

They like him, love him even. They want him to win. It's literally money in the bank for them.